Jim Coats
GAZA CEASEFIRE AND PEACE INITIATIVE
I believe the Trump Administration has done a wonderful job getting this horrific event "settled." HOWEVER....I have some disturbing predictions and personal observations.
1. Israel will NOT get 20 living hostages back. I think the number will be less....maybe far less.
2. HAMAS will lie and delay on every one of Trump's 20-point plan. What then??
3. Here's a big one: HAMAS will NOT surrender their "arms." This will not happen and if they do make a gesture of doing so, who will confirm?? Israel...USA...a Muslim Country such as Egypt?? Where has Egypt, et al been for the past 2 years?
4. As part of the "deal", Israel has to ONCE AGAIN release an extremely disproportionate number of criminals/terrorists (some say 2,000 to 48) for Israeli hostages...dead or alive. What do you think those criminals will do once they are released to WHO....HAMAS?? Where will HAMAS be located? I'm not clear on that. Aren't "WE" of the mind that HAMAS needs to CEASE to exist if peace is to be maintained??
5. HAMAS will reconstitute as a terrorist organization and they will create havoc.
6. HAMAS cannot be allowed to have any part of governing GAZA....but I think they will at the tip of their bayonets. Who will stop them??
7. IF everything goes as "planned" and Pollyanna wins, where will electric power...water...sewer systems, stores to obtain food come from for the 2,000,000+ Gazans/Palestinians (whatever that is)? What about temporary housing? These things will not spontaneously generate.
I could continue, but you get the idea of where I stand. I'll end with this opinion:
You CANNOT negotiate with a rabid animal. The results will always be the same...DEVASTATION for one party.
GOD HELP US AND THE ISRAELIS!! AMERICA FIRST!!
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