Bush Should Go To Sderot

Israel Matzov blog raises an interesting point about President Bush’s itinerary in Israel:

It's a shame they didn't substitute a trip to Sderot for Yad Vashem. When you take foreign dignitaries to Yad Vashem, it's because they need to be shown what can happen God forbid if there is no place for Jews to go. I don't think Bush needs that. I think he - and Israel - would have gotten a lot more out of a trip to Sderot.

President Bush could see the impact of these Kassam missiles fired into Sderot from Gaza:

Credit: http://www.wejew.com/media/75/Sderot_Kassam_Map/

Meanwhile, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson is given prominence in the Washington Post to argue that Jews are too attached to their history of being exterminated:

How can anyone live peacefully in such an atmosphere? Would it not be better to befriend those who hate you? Can you not reach out and share your technological advancement with your neighbors and build a relationship?

Apparently, in the modern world, so determined to live by the bomb, this is an alien concept. You don't befriend anyone, you dominate them. We have created a culture of violence (Israel and the Jews are the biggest players) and that Culture of Violence is eventually going to destroy humanity.

He’s consistent with his grandfather, who counseled Europe to lay down before the Nazis and, even after the war, his counsel to Jews that, “…suffering voluntarily undergone will bring [Jews] an inner strength and joy…”

That may win some plaudits among some few noble minds, but more likely among the many of evil minds and deeds. The Holocaust is not just a memory. It is a current reality in their intent and capabilities. It wasn’t and will not be prevented by pandering to those determined to horrendous acts.