William Saletan writes on the bathos of Bush’s Palestinian statehood non-proposal:
That’s what the offer of a “state” with no defined borders, powers, or timetable (and no right to be represented by its present leadership) is. It isn’t even a bone thrown to the Palestinians. It’s a picture of a bone. Bush’s father was notorious for confusing the photo op of a thing (”Message: I care”) with the thing itself. The son, too, seems to think that his words are equal to deeds.
Until you see 100,000 NATO troops occupy the occupied territories, don’t expect much to change.
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