Israeli Gov. Falling Apart
This may not be the best way to do it, but it is time for a change in Israel. Sharon is a psychopath, not to mention a horrible leader, who obviously has zero interest in even attempting to keep the semblance of a peace or even a truce. It's the strife and chaos that keeps him in power, and he is unwilling to trade that power for the safety of his constituents. Like our own Adminstration, he considers his post as an opportunity for him to consolidate his power and that of the people who paid for him to push their agenda, and make a huge profit from the war corporations - not to mention the 3 Billion in military aid we send him - who profit from death and war. His disgusting obesity is a symbol of his arrogance and stupidity. Being a Jew I wish they would work something out over there. People are so stubborn sometimes, and when the public are terrified of sudden, irrational death (the Israelis) or of constant persectution and occupation (the Palestinians...thanks), incompetent leaders can gain power from a populace who may be initially drawn to their militaristic promises of putting an end to the problem with force. Sharon's goal of bludgeoning the Palestinians into submission - are they any safer than when he took office? The hypocrisy of his confinement of Arafat in his (what must be real smelly by now) headquarters, and at the same time crowing at him to "do something" about impressionable, hopeless people strapping bombs to themselves and ending their misery in the most inhuman way possible, incredibly out-hypocrisizes our own Bush Administration's existence. The War on Drugs (stupid), the War on Poverty (impossible with millionaires in charge), the War on Terror (incompetently created and given nice polish jobs by the insane government-controlled media), and any other "War On a Noun", all fail to address the DEMAND/CAUSE/PERPETRATOR side of the problem, while treating the SUPPLY/EFFECT/VICTIM as the problem, the victims as criminals.