tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post111271256294896098..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Danny Boy, The Pipes, The Pipes....Hunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1112803256753577102005-04-06T12:00:00.000-04:002005-04-06T12:00:00.000-04:00I actually read a Hebrew-language article in an Is...I actually read a Hebrew-language article in an Israeli newspaper, circa 1987, that argued: "Give them a state, let them start a war and then smash 'em."<BR/><BR/>That reminds me of what my old friend Isaiah Treff once offered as a criticism of my demeanor: "Jay, if you wouldn't be a wise guy you could be a wise man." Too clever by half to create a country with an army and then expect to defeat it.Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1112767998435409382005-04-06T02:13:00.000-04:002005-04-06T02:13:00.000-04:00All indications are that the Palestinians intend t...All indications are that the Palestinians intend to use the temporary ceasefire to amass arms so that the newly handed-over territories can become a genuine armed country. The only good I see coming out of it is that, perhaps, perhaps, when the Israeli army eventually decimates the Palestinian Military, the press will have a harder time spinning the David v. Goliath garbage that's characterized world debate on the issue, and that has allowed stuff like the false Jenin massacre to thrive as a talking point.Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692907969177893526noreply@blogger.com