ARTICLE: Palestinians Who Prefer Israel, by Daniel Pipes, Jerusalem Post, January 2, 2008

Interesting article by Daniel, who, despite his fierce reputation, is one of the nicest guys you'd ever care to meet. I got to know him in a couple of wargames I put on at the Naval War College, where he too had previously served as professor.

What do the numbers tell us? The Palestinians run a failed state and the Israelis run one of the best in the world.

But the only way that scenario works is for Jews to ultimately become a minority in Israel, and that's a tricky path, but there's no doubt that Palestinians would be better off living in a larger Israel than a larger Palestine.

Once you get over the identity thing, you go with the better services.

Silly, I know, but for us non-tribalists, it's the only logic worth acknowledging. You move America to Antarctica tomorrow and I'm there.

(Thanks: Dan Hare)