Trash Collection For Peace
Published by BG on Monday, September 24, 2007 at 2:11 PM.Via Karol at Alarming News, that's Flynt Leverett arguing in an Intelligence Squared US debate against "the garbage collection model" in the Middle East. That model proposes that if the Palestinians were to have a democratically-elected government, they'd have less time to worry about what the Israelis are doing, which leads to more peace between the two.
You know, because if you're worried about collecting the trash, you're less worried about the Israelis.
In a vacuum this sounds alright. I mean, if they're given government to run, they'll be too preoccupied to hate Israel. What happens when the great Conservative theories of democracy come to pass? All of a sudden there's no estate tax, everything is privatized, and there's nothing left for government to do except fine broadcasters tens of thousands of (Palestinian) dollars for accidentally showing a boob on TV? Won't they need to hate Israelis again just to keep busy?
I'm not sure Mr. Leverett has thought this all the way through is all.
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