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... which is to morally isolate itself by making enemies faster than it can kill them.
If Israel's behaviour continues unchecked, the pro-Israeli biases in and distortions of US policies will intensify our own isolation until something snaps in our polity -- and then, Israel will be all alone.
IMO ... Israel's only constructive option is to do a grand strategic U turn, which Israel's leadership steadfastly refuses to do. On the contrary, it shows every sign of digging itself deeper into the self-destructive bunker mentality described by M.J. Rosenberg below.
[Interested readers will find a summary of the basic ideas underpinning a constructive grand strategy, which are universal, in this blaster, where I criticized the US grand strategy pursued by the Bush Administration.]
Why Is Israel So Blind?
MJ Rosenberg, Political Correction, February 02, 2011 3:55 pm ET
Those of us in the pro-Israel, pro-peace camp do not enjoy being proven right — although we invariably are.
Our standard recommendation to Israel is that it should move quickly to achieve agreements with the Arab states and the stateless Palestinians before it is too late.
And the Israeli response is that there is no urgency to make peace — except on Israeli terms — because Israel is strong and the Arabs are weak. [... continued]
