[Dean's World] Dave Price: Considering the Israeli Wall

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Posted by Dave Price:
Considering the Israeli Wall
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154972866.shtml


   The security wall that Israel has built is a rather fascinating little
   Rohrschach for conventional wisdom. As I'm sure everyone remembers,
   the wall was originally very controversial, with some condemning it as
   another Berlin Wall (though it should be noted that the one was
   intended to keep good people in, the other to keep bad ones out). But
   as time went on, it became less and less so. Why did this happen?
   I would argue that the change in general opinion occurred because it
   takes only a minimal level of perspicacity to realize diplomacy isn't
   an option when one side always negotiates in bad faith, and eventually
   enough evidence was available that rational observers tended to
   conclude Palestinian leaders were not good-faith negotiators in
   regards to terrorism, and thus only some sort of unilateral action
   could deny the bombers' ability to target innocent Israelis for
   murder.
   What do you think?