tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post5192914044968612256..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Catch of the DayJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-56222450568446426952011-05-25T09:57:21.926-05:002011-05-25T09:57:21.926-05:00It's not a buffer if you build homes and schoo...It's not a buffer if you build homes and schools inside of it. The very existence of settlements belie the claim that they are buffer areas.<br /><br />I agree with Obama and Netanyahu who both stated that the borders won't look like 1967, but will be based on them with key swaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-24760648924981331312011-05-24T12:53:46.032-05:002011-05-24T12:53:46.032-05:00“But extend the border east, and you just get stuf...“But extend the border east, and you just get stuff lobbed at you from even further east.”<br /><br />But that hasn’t been the case -- there are no rockets launched from the eastern bank of the Jordan River.<br /><br />On demilitarization -- To accomplish this, the Israelis would need to control all of the borders of the West Bank and Golan, and I just can’t imagine the Palestinians and Syrians agreeing to this.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71805007369262742822011-05-24T07:08:58.842-05:002011-05-24T07:08:58.842-05:00I hope they do, but this time, perhaps they could ...I hope they do, but this time, perhaps they could release thousands and thousands of helium balloons with maps of Palestine on them to float into Israel. To represent people returning.Atlanta Roofinghttp://tiny.cc/yzwq2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-7554768253165544802011-05-23T23:47:42.948-05:002011-05-23T23:47:42.948-05:00Yes, but the the threat of rockets, artillery, or ...Yes, but the the threat of rockets, artillery, or cross-border smuggled terrorism of other kinds has nothing to do with "defensible borders." I mean -- and I'm about as ignorant as it gets on many things military -- I suppose you don't want the border to be where the other side is the high ground. But extend the border east, and you just get stuff lobbed at you from even further east. That's great for Tel Aviv, but it doesn't change the situation of Israelis getting stuff lobbed at them. <br /><br />As for demilitarization -- Israel would, as I said above, trust Israel to enforce that. Which is highly problematic against Gaza-style launches and other petty attacks of the kind, but extremely effective against, you know, tanks or fighter jets.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-82372180972606520732011-05-23T15:46:45.716-05:002011-05-23T15:46:45.716-05:00Chait seems to miss the fact that Israel has been ...Chait seems to miss the fact that Israel has been recently bombarded from buffers that it has withdrawn from -- Gaza and Lebanon. Giving up military control of Golan and the West Bank will unquestionably subject Israel to greater threat, especially by rockets or artillery. There may be bigger issues at stake, but you can’t say that Israel isn’t threatened by conventional military attack.<br /><br />Regarding demilitarization of these areas -- who will Israel trust to enforce that?Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-912130954312232582011-05-23T13:56:06.943-05:002011-05-23T13:56:06.943-05:00The "catch" is pretty astonishing and de...The "catch" is pretty astonishing and depressing -- I didn't understand that Netanyshu was so inept.<br /><br />But as to Chait, I don't think he is very convincing.<br /><br />What has happened is that the old threat has not disappeared but simply that a new threat -- demographic -- has developed.David Sucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11006665374136997404noreply@blogger.com