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Originally Posted by hotair
Talk about jumping into the deep end. This is Jenin that we are talking about here. With untested training, and troops.
With so few, untested troops (only 700?). (It is my guess that, this is all that they have available.)
Then there is the question of the level of training being provided here. It is not as though the Jordanians have an established track record, doing this sort of thing.
Personally, I expected the PA to start with some place were they would have half a chance of success, like Bethlehem maybe. Some place were they could get their feet wet, as it where. Get some experience, and build some confidence.
I know that it is what they agreed to, in the Oslo Accords. Take responsibility for the people that they want to govern. But I think that starting in Gaza first, would have given them a better chance of success. Anywhere but Jenin!
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It's worse than that. The police would be shooting at other Palestinians on the percieved behalf of Israel. That's not much of a motivation for them.
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At some point the PA is going to have to deal with Hamas, and Gaza. Hamas knows this, as well as everyone else. At least if they had started with Gaza, once it is over (one way or the other) the rest would be down hill. By putting Hamas off till later, it only stacks the odds in Hamas’ favor.
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See, this isn't going to work. The Palestinian government are simply unable to deal any one of these groups. They never will be,
and that's precisely the reason why it's the condition they must fulfill. The whole "peace" process is designed to fail
STILL. It's a poorly disguised means to suck up more Palestinian land.
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I do not have any real problem with Israel accepting this one. It is a gift, from Bush. Though I would like to know, just how much pressure Rice had to put on the PA, to force them to agree to this.
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I'm sure it was a
damned if you do and damned more if you don't deal. And again, there's a difference between Israeli people and their government. The public of Israel is ardently against settlements in Palestine, they're against mass punishement and they're not pleased by the fact their government blatantly defies the public will.