This is scary.

I got this from Andrew Sullivan. It's weird, because my initial reaction is complete and utter fear that we'll be fighting this war against Islamic extremism and terrorism for my entire lifetime...and perhaps past it, so long as the other side continues to breed more terrorists.

The other, albeit childish, side of me wonders whether this is really to be feared. The arguments used for banning violent movies or garbage pail kids are the same ones being applied against Palestian kids playing with these cards.

I don't know...I guess the main difference is that the terrorist cards are real and movies and garbage pail kids are fake. I think that even children are able to distinguish.

So is Sharon responsible for the above?

It seems to me the Arab states who have fueled the flames of Palestian rage get off real easy in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. These are the same states who had no interest in helping the Palestinian refugees for the past 50 years if it cost them anything out of their own pocket. Instead, they view the Palestinians as cheap, exploitable weapons to fight their proxy war against Israel. Of course you get a Sharon in response. Of course! What does the world expect? Israel is a tiny country that has been fighting for it's survival since it's inception. Once it became clear after '67 that Israel could maintain it's own security the Arabs came up with a different strategy: terrorism. It's worked -- see this link.

I don't know. I can imagine standing in the shoes of an Israeli housewife while suicide bombers are going off day in and day out and understand why she would vote for Sharon...he'll hit back and hit back hard. We all know he's not the man to make the peace....but perhaps no one on the other side wants or can accept peace? If that's the option, what do you expect? If you're in a fight, and you want a partner, do you pick the tough guy you don't love or the guy you love, but can't fight a lick?