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July 31, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/defensewrapper.jsp?PID=1051-350&CID=1051-072803B

"The Globalization of Gaza"

(Tech Central Station-Washington) Michael J. Totten - Suicide bombing is spreading, striking Casablanca, Moscow, and Pakistan in recent months. Is it possible to support a Palestinian state without encouraging terrorists elsewhere? Before the intifada was launched in 2000, a Palestinian state was not a guaranteed outcome but an option to be negotiated. George W. Bush is the first American president to use the words "Palestinian" and "state" in the same sentence. He did so because they violently demanded it. It's an object lesson for would-be terrorists elsewhere. Terror precipitates a crisis, generates public sympathy, and produces results on a much faster schedule. The moral case for a Palestinian state is trumped by the need to contain a fast-spreading barbarism. Peace at any price has a price tag too high.

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