A sovereign terrorist nation is not the answer

When it comes to world events September unfortunately reminds us of some tragic incidents related to terrorism.

The world was shocked when eleven Israeli athletes were murdered while participating in the Olympic Games in Munich. The sovereign nations of Germany and Israel were both violated in horrific fashion.

We are now coming upon the tenth anniversary of 9-11 and that really needs no elaboration. We saw our nation’s sovereignty violated and the indiscriminate murder of so many innocents which even a decade later is impossible to fathom. But, has anyone considered the vote of the United Nations this month that will create an actual Palestinian nation despite having two possible capitals and governments? Another consideration is the fact that both of the groups are terrorists and both are driven by the destruction of Israel as the ultimate solution.

The one dynamic left unaddressed is that should Palestine be declared a sovereign nation war again will come to Israel via the terrorist groups. With sovereign nation status any attack by Israel against the Palestinian enclave would “justify” neighboring nations to retaliate against Israel as they are at war with a now sovereign nation.

A year after Munich Israel was at war and the War on Terror started after 9-11 but a sovereign Palestinian nation adds a whole new dimension and, at the same time, a pretext for war. We need to ask, is a sovereign nations always the answer?

Have we learned from history?

In September of 1972 the world was shocked when eleven Israeli athletes were murdered during the Olympic Games in Munich. It is no exaggeration when Israelis say everybody in the country was connected personally to the victims of this heinous act.

This operation not only violated the sovereign nations of Germany and Israel but it defined the most brazen of attitudes and showed the world in a graphic way just how vulnerable noncombatants are to terrorist attacks.

If you compare the population of Israel during this time and the losses at Munich and compare the U.S. population during 9-11 and our losses incurred per capita the national psyche of both nations were indeed staggering.

As the United Nations is ready to vote on the approval of a sovereign Palestinian Nation it should be remembered that Mahmoud Abbas, architect of the Munich Massacre, wants to be the head of this new nation. How many people would have been outraged at the prospect of Osama bin Laden heading up a nation but the world is clamoring for a Palestinian nation headed up by Abbas or a Hamas member so the question is what have we learned from history?