Lucy in Annapolis

Source Xymphora - October 12, 2007

We’re heading for another in what seems to be the never-ending series of Lucy moments with the Annapolis peace conference. The propaganda message is being set, expectations are being lowered (based, naturally, on the failings of the Palestinians), all in the context of an extremely weak Israeli government with a Jewish population that is firmly committed to never giving up any of the lands stolen in 1967. The current charade features rumors of returning parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, followed by the predictable chorus of boos from the Israeli right, all as part of the commotion required for Lucy to pull the football away.

The South African leaders saw the writing on the wall and, in the face of consternation from their constituents, decided to make the best deal they could while they could. I’ve been pointing out that Israeli leaders have a real problem with missiles, one that they are pretending to deal with by erecting a propaganda missile defense system. The big brains in Israel have to know that this system is only useful for fooling Israeli civilians, and will be relatively useless against real missiles. Military technology has permanently changed the facts on the ground in the area around Israel, something only brought home with the recent embarrassing defeat of the IDF in Lebanon (not to mention the recent obviously failed mission to Syria). At what point do Israeli leaders decide to make the best deal they can while they can? Or are Israeli leaders simply not of the caliber of the white South African leaders?

There is an additional time pressure being applied with the sudden and remarkable success of the Walt and Mearsheimer book. At some point, the dam erected by the Jew-controlled media in the United States will break, and the plight of the Palestinians, hitherto completely hidden by the American media, will be all over the news. The two strong theses – that the disaster of the Iraq war wouldn’t have happened but for the Lobby, and that single-minded support of Likudnik policies is against the real interests of Americans – will suddenly be in debate. At that point, Israel’s bargaining position suddenly becomes immeasurably weaker. The question for Israeli leaders is how much longer the Jew-controlled media can continue to lie to Americans.