Olmert’s Suicide Wish continues unabated

A few weeks ago when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited America I predicted that the Bush Administration would insist that the Israelis allowed another armed PLO fraction into the occupied territories to help prop up Bush Administration’s pet terrorist. In my mind, Olmert’s agreement was never in doubt but it was merely a question of when his acceptance would be announced to the public at large.

The Jerusalem Post carries this announcement:

Israel has agreed in principle to let Jordanian-based Palestine Liberation Organization forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas enter the Gaza Strip to help shore up a 2-day-old truce, military officials said Tuesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, said Israel's decision is part of the truce deal that ended five months of fighting in Gaza. The Jordanian-based Badr forces would be deployed along the Israel-Gaza border to beef up Palestinian troops trying to prevent terrorists from firing homemade rockets at Israeli border communities.

Yeah, right - whatever. I really hate being right about these things. Here’s the rub; if Abbas has only a marginal support base and must bring in hired guns from Jordan how can he possible deliver on any “peace agreement”? 1500 armed men will keep Abbas alive but it is not enough to wrestle control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip from Hamas, Islamic Jihad & Fatah forces who are not loyal to Abbas.

The Bush Administration is placing all their bets on the presumption that all the Palestinians Arab terrorist fractions want is a state to call their own and a hook for their dish cloths. If Abbas delivers to the Palestinian people a defacto state, the Bush Administration is fervently praying that the Palestinians will be satisfied and not continue to covet the Israeli state with blood lust in their eyes.

It’s absolutely amazing that the Bush Administration thinks this “kill a Jew for Allah” is nothing more substantial than overblown rhetoric on the part of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah. There is isn't the faintest evidence to suggest the fighting would end once the Palestinians establish a second Palestinian state.

The Israelis need to fully realize that one cannot outsource the security of the state to anyone, any nation or any Uncle Sams and hope to remain safe and sound at home.