Ayn Rand's advice and the Gaza Strip pullout

"Check your premises," Ayn Rand often said, because when you are acting on the wrong premise you will always achieve the opposite of what you intend.

Here's one premise: The Palestinians and the Arab nations who support them want an independent Palestinian state living side-by-side with Israel in peace.

Here's a different one: The Palestinians and the Arab nations who support them seek the total destruction of Israel and the expulsion of Jews from a region they consider to be Arab land.

This week, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon forcibly evacuated Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and bulldozed their homes so that Palestinians could have the land. He said it was impossible to watch it without tears in his eyes but insisted that the pullout from Gaza would make Israel safer.

If he achieves the opposite, you'll know why.


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