Thursday, May 15, 2008

Israel at 60 By David Warren

Will Israel last another 60 years? Will Canada? Will the West? I believe the questions are closely related, and will begin by giving two quick answers.

The first is, "I don't know." Attempts to predict the future from the historical past have a track record around zero, and while it is true that history is constantly repeating itself, it is able to repeat itself in many different ways. On the present leadership performance of Israel's complacent, incompetent, and probably corrupt prime minister -- and in view of the assembling forces dedicated to the country's annihilation -- one might reasonably say that Israel will be lucky to reach three score and ten. But as I've myself frequently argued, all trends are reversible.

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