By Bernard J. Shapiro (January 1998) THE SHORT CHANGE ARTIST AND OSLO
Or Why One Shouldn't Make Redeployment Maps
Thursday, 16 June 2011
SICKENING NEGOTIATION STRATEGY
by David Basch - June 15, 2011
Israel's negotiation strategy has been sickening. It undertakes a negotiation
within which only Israel is paralyzed from improving her defenses while the
enemy is free to experiment with all kinds of ways to destroy Israel -- war,
terrorism, slander, land concessions from Israel.
And, then, when Israel wises up that the enemy is not interested in peace
and fails to render its obligations and Israel attempts to improve her neglected
defenses, all the jokers in the world community of nations accuse only Israel of
not honoring her obligations, as the head of the EU recently did.
It is a system that only demented Israeli leftists, who are blind to the nature of the
enemy and the dire consequences on Israel of such one-sided arrangements,
that could let Israel be thusly impaled. Israel should make this clear and refuse
to continue in this way a moment longer.
Binu boarim, matai taschilu?
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During my 23 years as owner of House of Books in Houston, I learned many valuable lessons. One in particular seems to have an application to the current situation in Israel. Let me explain: In 1978, the store was victimized by a short change artist. One of my clerks was at the register when a well dressed gentleman approached with a paperback book costing $2.95. He gave her a $20 bill and then began a back and forth exchange of money. In the end, the bookstore lost about $60.
I called the Houston police department and requested that an officer come to the store and brief my employees on how to prevent this crime from happening again. The officer came and told us a little story. It seems that Johnny Carson once asked a short change artist to come to his show and try to fool him while he was fully alert to what was going down. The criminal had no problem and his skill marveled the audience.
The Lesson: No matter how smart you are, a professional shortchange artist will win out. He is a pro. He does this day in and day out.
How To Stop The Short Change Artist: You simply MUST NOT PLAY HIS GAME. At the the first hint of the scam, my employees were told to close the register and call security. They were specifically told NOT to try to outsmart or "keep up" with the short change artist.
How does this apply to Israel and the redeployment? Very simple. Think of Yassir Arafat and the US State Department as short change artists. They set up a scam called "Oslo" and the "peace process." They exchange promises for territory. They keep the territory but never keep their promises. Like I said, it is a scam. Along comes the new Likud Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu, who believes that he is smart enough to control the GAME. Only he can't. No one can. He is up against pros who have been scamming nations for decades. The State Department has reneged on commitment after solemn commitment to the Jewish State. Still they continue, pledging friendship, while surgically inserting knives in our backs.
This high drama of maps, Sharon's or Mordechai's, is just another manifestation of the attempt to control the GAME. There is only one way to win for Israel: Don't play!
Bibi must announce to the world that the cash register of Eretz Yisrael is closed. The GAME is over. The scam is through.
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