The Proportional Solution

Jan Egeland is quite concerned with conditions in Gaza. Everyone's looking at Lebanon, you see, and things in Gaza are sliding downhill with no one paying any mind.

Can he be referring to the recent decision to form a unified government between Hamas and Fatah? The agreement involves the recognition of Israel as a state, and the fascisti are none too pleased with that arrangement. Some cooler heads no doubt realized that all the aid they so desperately need could be theirs if they took the rhetoric down a notch. Yet, why would Mr. Egeland be displeased with this?

Of course, he's upset about the humanitarian crisis. Not a word about the attempts to form a coalition between political parties, even though most pundits suggest that this could very well go a long way to solving the very problem that Mr. Egeland is worried about.

He lauds those who recently donated to the U.N.'s appeal, but sadly, not all promises have been kept. Seriously underfunded, his pledge drive, to the tune of a 42% shortfall. Rather a steep shortfall, that is.

The problem, according to Mr. Egeland, is Israel. Oh, sure, the Palestinians kidnapped an Israeli soldier on Israeli territory, but how dare the Israelis to retaliate so forcefully? If you follow Mr. Egeland's logic, the Israelis lost one soldier killed, so they should only kill one Palestinian. Anything more than that is out of proportion. Rest assured that Mr. Egeland will see to it that the U.N. creates an office of War-Related Head Counting and Proportional Tabulating.

So the fascisti hide among the civilians, using them as shields, but that's not a problem at all for Mr. Egeland. Although he does realize that it's wrong for the average Palestinian to have to put up with Israeli rockets fired in defense after the rockets shoot in from Palestine. He calls upon the Palestinian Authority to respect civilians - after he calls on Israel to respect civilians first.

Then, after everyone has laid down their arms, they can live in peace and harmony. And Israel better let in humanitarian workers, and let the money flow, and open the borders.

Dear Mr. Egeland is missing the big picture - looking at the trees and not seeing the forest. If the fascisti stop shooting rockets into Israel, the Israelis will not shoot rockets back. Now, who's to take the first step, Jan?