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A Parting Gift?

Ze'ev Chafets compares Ariel Sharon to Don Corleone. No, Chafets isn't disparaging PM Sharon when he calls him the "Godfather." (Although, I'm sure plenty of Sharon's critics will love the characterization.) In "Sharon as Godfather" Chafets thinks he knows what Sharon has in mind as a parting gift to Yassin, Dief, Dahlan etc.

He has to make sure Palestinians understand that Israel is not getting chased out by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The most obvious way to make this point is to eliminate the leaders of these groups before pulling up stakes.

Like Michael Corleone, Sharon has a list. Look for it to get shorter and shorter if and when an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza approaches.

I would like to think that this is what Sharon has in mind. But if that really is the case why wait until Israel's pulling up stakes? A few months ago the groundhogs were barely sticking their heads above ground. Apparently they haven't been nearly as scarce recently. Why didn't Sharon keep up the pressure?
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Crossposted on Israpundit and Soccer Dad.

Posted by SoccerDad at March 16, 2004 12:50 PM | TrackBack