It Started With IraqIsrael has come to a situation in which the Palestinian Authority, the entity created via Oslo by the Rabin government that was supposed to crush Hamas, will be headed by Hamas.
But the problem started before Oslo. When during the first Gulf War Saddam Hussein fired 39 scud missiles at Israel without any Israeli response, Israel began the insane policy of subcontracting its security to the United States.
At the time, Prime Minister Shamir thought that Israel would somehow gain something from the first Bush Administration as thanks for Israel's restraint. Instead, all Shamir got was hostility from Bush and Secretary of State James ("F*** the Jews") Baker.
posted on 1/26/2006