Iran, Pakistan and Iraq, 100+ million strong are both itching to test out their new chemical, biological and nuclear technology carried and supported by their new ballistic programs. There is no shortage of religion fanatics in those country. And the word will not rally behind Israel like they did for Kuwait, there is no oil there and there will not be public support for it.
For that very reason, Israel cannot afford an armed, hostile Palestinian entity sponsoring terror attacks and rolling out the welcome mat for Saddam Hussein's tanks. After the Gulf War, Israel felt strong enough to take the chance that the Palestinians were ready to make a deal, but Oslo turned out to be a ruse.
The Israelis voted out Barak for Oslo's failure. Unfortunately, the Palestinians never had the luxury of voting out Arafat. Arafat had to cover the weakness of his position with a war. Dictators make some decisions quite differently from democracies. |
