More about Gaza

This is a comment I wrote on Jameel's Blog in response to his "Disengagement - behind the scenes"post:

As one who "supported" the Disengagement last year (Support is the wrong word but for lack of a better one), I will be the first to admit that It failed.
It failed because the Basic element that was came as part of the deal was the Security element. And when Israel stood by idly while Kassams were falling on Sderot, that was the first sign of failure.
Israel Ran a long hard race, it sweat, and was in pain, and all seemed that it was going to come in first place. But then a few hundred meters before the End, it Stopped. It decided it didn't want to win (as olmert said), and it never crossed the Finish line. Now a year latter after the Race has been over for 10 months, it decided to walk across the line. Of course by now that line means nothing, and after sitting on the track for 10 months looking at the finish line but not going there it has made the line it's new Enemy. It wasn't ever that it couldn't cross it, it just didn't want to. It thought the line would come to it, all it had to do is wait.

Now we are getting ready to start an even Longer Race, a Harder one, without Having finished the previous one.

Just to be clear, I am totally against the Hitkansut, I think it is a stupid and very dangerous Idea that will just bring more terror and more death, and put the Entire country in the worst situation it has ever been in. I see no Value to it at all, given that we are in total control of Judea and Shomron, and manage to stop over 99% of all attacks on Israel, with little or no cost to our Army. Giving up that would be suicide, and I am not ready for Israel to be a Shaheed.

Also read Joe Settlers - thoughts on our Latest in Gaza - I keep thinking Vietnam