Hamas proclaims victory threatens to destroy Israel after Sharon's retreat from Gaza
That's what our enemies are saying, and considering what they've done so far the world had better take them seriously. Even if the Israeli "elite" refuses to. Those who keep saying that those of us who believe that Israel must forever hold onto all of Judea and Samaria are "unrealistic" and claim that they are pragmatic are totally wrong.
Before I go any further, let's check out what "pragmatic" really mean:
prag·mat·ic (prg-mtk)
adj.
1. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
2. Philosophy Of or relating to pragmatism.
3. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
4. Archaic
a. Active; busy.
b. Active in an officious or meddlesome way.
c. Dogmatic; dictatorial.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.
1.
pragmatic - concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"
matter-of-fact, pragmatical
practical - concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art"
2.
pragmatic - of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
pragmatical
3.
pragmatic - guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
hard-nosed, hardheaded, practical
realistic - aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"
You can't be pragmatic if you ignore what you enemy is saying and doing.
The International Left, including Israelis anforeignersrs, like former UPresidenttn Carter are filled with delusions. I just spent a very frustrating time trying to google some proof that Arabs want peace with the State of Israel. There's nothing. I got to the Peace Now site to try to understand their definition of the "peace" they're striving for and it's never explained. The closest is The Geneva Accords. The Arabs, your simple man in the street, won't accept it. There's nothing pragmatic there, nothing real.
Ask the citizens of Sderot and Ashkelon, the farmers of the Negev how safe they feel since Disengagement. Are the Arabs satisfied, willing to live in peace? Even left-wing papers are starting to publish op-ed's that admit to the reality that "ain im me l'daber," there's nobody to negotiate with.
Hoping, thinking, presuming are not pragmatic.
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