Come On Guys. Kiss And Make Up.

Don't ya just have to wonder about Israel these days? I mean they've always been pretty much independent minded. The do just about as they please. Heck, even America doesn't do that. In fact America is a poster child for not doing just as it pleases. We try hard to tell everyone else how to act, but we don't do too well in that department ourselves. But Israel has always done exactly and only what it thinks is best for Israel, no matter what. Folks have always admired that about Israel, if only in secret. But things have been changing fairly quickly this year. The Arab Spring, deteriorating friendships with Egypt and Turkey, and a newly returned determination to develop the West Bank, to the dismay of the entire world. It seems to me that they're really trying to pick a fight. Israel has soundly defeated every single opponent that has ever tried to stand up against them except for the last big go around. That time, against the Hamas in Lebanon where they nearly got beat. Oh they sort of won, but just by the skin of their teeth. The mistake they made there was not to go big, quick. They know it, their Arab neighbors know it. Maybe they feel they need a second shot at the championship. Whatever. The time is past when they will be able to push everyone around and America can smooth out the playing field. Because America is loosing it's influence in the region. Our petro dollars aren't quite as important in the region as in years past. There are other players eager to spend big bucks for oil and our money could easily be overlooked if they don't like the way we comb our hair. So here's my advise. Stop fooling around, sit down and hammer out a plan to give the West Bank and that other piece of sand, statehood in exchange for recognition. Everyone knows that's what's got to happen. Arabs and Jews and everyone else. Why not just admit it and do it.