horse of george

"... isn't this continuing push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians absurd? Hasn't it taken on the personality of an absurdist black comedy, a bitter satire where fops and fools blow puffery at each other while the real world spins away unseen? There's no possible agreement these people can reach that will satisfy both parties and therefore any putative future pseudo entente will be unsatisfactory and highly vulnerable to disruption: Israel would still be left dependent on cold calculation and endless vigilance in order to guard against the fact they live in a neighbourhood where no one likes them; and the Palestinians would still be saddled with poor, corrupt and conflicted governance, poverty in general, no economy to speak of, an idle, uneducated workforce and consequently frustrated youth and extremist elements just sitting around waiting to get mad at something, preferably something Jewish or at least American... no, this ongoing peace charade is nothing but silly..."