Jason Rubenstein at Tonecluster points to this plaintive question and its more sensible answer...
What if we had not killed Hamas megaterrorist Salah Shehadeh? Why did we bring upon ourselves a new wave of terrorism?
The more pertinent questions are quite different: Why do the terrorists, and the Palestinian leadership that does nothing to stop them, not ask itself similar questions before attacking Israelis? Why are patently justified and preventive Israeli actions considered provocative, while Palestinian "retaliation" is considered natural? Every month or two, I find myself asking, "Why is it necessary for us to please them and there's no obligation on them to please us?" |