Comments on: In Lebanon, history on repeat http://brfootnote.theclawmagazine.com/2010/02/24/in-lebanon-history-on-repeat/ Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jabbett http://brfootnote.theclawmagazine.com/2010/02/24/in-lebanon-history-on-repeat/comment-page-1/#comment-2399 jabbett Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:39:38 +0000 http://brfootnote.theclawmagazine.com/?p=710#comment-2399 In 2001 it may have been prescient to claim that Sharon's election as PM indicated some cyclical historical pattern, but Israel's complete disengagement from Gaza under his authority in 2005 stands starkly counter. What should have been truly predictable was that, like in Southern Lebanon, Sharon's evacuation of Gaza would drive the war's front lines closer to Israel proper and put Israeli civilians at risk. In 2001 it may have been prescient to claim that Sharon’s election as PM indicated some cyclical historical pattern, but Israel’s complete disengagement from Gaza under his authority in 2005 stands starkly counter.

What should have been truly predictable was that, like in Southern Lebanon, Sharon’s evacuation of Gaza would drive the war’s front lines closer to Israel proper and put Israeli civilians at risk.

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