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December 20, 2005
Good Fence - Bad Fence
In 2004, the United Nations and the European Union launched an attack against Israel's security fence, resulting in a ruling by the International Court of Justice that the fence was illegal and should be torn down. Although America vetoed the resolution, the veto was not a statement in support of the fence. Rather, America's objection was that the resolution was 'unbalanced' and 'failed to draw attention to 'Palestinian terrorism'. Yup. "Palestinian terrorism."
Never mind that there is a clear correlation between Israel's construction of it's fence and a drop in the number of terrorist attacks. Never mind that in September of 2004, Shin Bet reported that there had been an 84% decrease in the number of Israelis killed in terror attacks since the completion of the first portion of the security fence between Salem and Elkana. The Bush administration, along with the EU and many others around the world, has been, and continues to be, highly critical of Israel's fence.
In what can only be called a shameless display of hypocrisy, just one month after the ICJ ruling, the EU announced it's plan for a separation fence of its own to separate two of its members - Poland and Hungary - from its new neighbors - Russia, Belarus and Ukraine - to prevent illegals from crossing country lines. To add insult to injury, the EU invited Israel to participate in the construction.
And now, the United States is planning a fence of its own to prevent illegals from entering the country from Mexico.
There is no doubt that none of those migrants from Poland, Hungary or Mexico come equipped with an explosive belt and none of those migrants are hell-bent on murder, mayhem and chaos. Those illegals sneak in seeking jobs.
The EU fence will keep illegals from entering the EU and therefore, is good. The American fence will keep illegals from entering America and therefore, is good.
The Israeli fence will keep arabs with explosive belts strapped to their bodies from entering Israel and killing Jews, and therefore, is bad.
The end result: more of this.
Cross-posted at IsraPundit
Posted by LindaSoG at December 20, 2005 08:14 PM
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Can't we build a big fence and put all the terrorists behind it, for Israel and for the USA. Then just bomb the heck out of the area. Yep there's the ticket!
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at December 21, 2005 01:09 AM
An excellent idea Sebastian!
Posted by: LindaSoG at December 21, 2005 08:14 PM