Deterrence and The Burden of Israeli Moderates

Concerned Citizen: David is a good writer and a nice guy, and this is a well-reasoned article on one of my favorite topics -- deterrence of terrorists and the ways to influence the behavior of non-state and quasi-state terrorist organizations. As David says in the article, "The more Israelis are willing to yield land, the more important deterrence has become." Since I believe that Israel's deterrent value has been damaged by Olmert's prosecution of this war, this means that Olmert has lost the one reason people voted for him (only 20% of the people, by the way) -- to "disengage" from much of the West Bank.

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