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2007-02-25 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Economics of the suicide bomber
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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-02-25 05:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 While I'm loath to believe anything the Grauniad says, if they're correct this needs to be addressed. The families of suicide bombers need to be seen to pay the price for the bomber's actions. If the bomber comes from the WB, bulldoze his family home and the homes of all siblings who are independent. Then expel the lot of them to Gaza. If he's Gazan, destroy not only his home but the homes of all his neighbors for a quarter-kilometer radius as well as the homes of any independent siblings. Make these Muzzy sons of whores hurt enough economically for the actions of suicide bombers and they'll stop sending them. It just requires firmness on the part of the Israeli authorities.
Posted by mac 2007-02-25 07:01||   2007-02-25 07:01|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure this is true. It was a small article, with very few unnnecessary adjectives/adverbs, and reported the research of others, not the reporter's own. Israel still does bulldoze houses, I believe, although the world fusses about it each time. And then Saudi Arabia rebuilds the properties.

(mac dear, I did respond to your follow-up in the Malaysia thread last night.)
Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-25 07:43||   2007-02-25 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 If Saudi rebuilds the houses, bulldoze them again, repeat until the saudis realize they;re throwing money down a bottomless hole.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-25 10:26||   2007-02-25 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 If Saudi rebuilds the homes it means we are rebuilding the homes; Saudi produces no economic goods bar the oil we buy from them.

So, salt the earth with dynamite under every bulldozed home and expel the occupants, preferably by helicopter drop at the Saudi border. No need to choose a spot with a road.

Second, start knocking down buildings in Saudi itself. Though I would have thought we needed no further excuse to get started with that project. I nominate the evil cubic pimple in Mecca as urban redevelopment site number one.
Posted by Excalibur 2007-02-25 11:23||   2007-02-25 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 TW, thank you for the compliment in your followup. Praise from you is high praise indeed.

I know the Israelis still bulldoze homes but they don't prevent rebuilding of those homes, which they certainly should do. IIRC, the Israeli Supreme Court also ruled against the IDF's plan to expel WB terrorists and their families to Gaza. I believe that to have been an incredibly bad decision.

When first mooted, that proposal started all the Paleo terrorist organizations screaming louder than stuck pigs, as I'm sure you remember. Eliciting that level of response should have shown the Israelis this would be an extraordinarily strong lever to use in shifting the Paleos from frothing insanity to a position of reasonable accommodation. Why they haven't made use of such an effective deterrent is something I don't understand.

That said, there is a lot about current Israeli politics that doesn't make sense to me. I just have a sneaking suspicion that anyone walking past the graves of David Ben-Gurion, Golda Myer, Moshe Dayan or Menachem Begin hears a high-pitched 60 Hz hum from the ceaseless spinning of the aforementioned inhabitants.

I'm not sure that since 1948 there ever was a good time for it, but for Israel to now have such a serious dearth of leadership is quite worrisome. Critical decisions will have to be taken very soon about Iran and Olmert's track record doesn't inspire me with confidence that he has the judgment to make those tough calls correctly.
Posted by mac 2007-02-25 11:23||   2007-02-25 11:23|| Front Page Top

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