| The Arab press is given to psychotic breaks with
reality. Nothing new in that. More than 20 years
after the Six Day War, you could still find
occasional citations in the Western press about
solemn Arab claims that it was actually America
which fought and defeated the Arabs. Directly,
not metaphorically.
But, with regard to the latest story about the
floating of a trial balloon in the Palestinian
press about acquiring and using W.M.D., it really
does need to be pointed out how this would play
in Israel.
Listen up, folks: Any use, or threat
of use, of poison gas, bioweapons, or nuclear
weapons on Israel would be immediately and
automatically interpreted by Jews as a direct
threat to revive the Holocaust. Literally.
It may well be that the Palestinians are merely
working on a continuation of a policy to try
to goad Israel into a reaction which would
alienate foreign poweres. That's really besides
the point, when they get to this level. This
is the line of no return for Israel. Pearl
Harbor, PLUS. If they actually WANTED to find
a way to make Israel willing to wage total war,
to destroy all Arab presence west of the Jordan
River, this is a pretty good bet to accomplish
that end.
It's well to remember that there wasn't a single
country in the world which lifted a finger to
prevent the Holocaust. In face of this kind of
threat - if believed - Israel would be strongly
inclined to feel that ANY foreign objections
or complaints or promises or guarentees were
worthless, insulting, and besides the point.
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