The Map Tells

I have three profound problems with the push for Palestine statehood as proposed in his recent pronouncements by our president, The Barry.

If the "1967 borders with mutually-agreed-on land swaps" is the starting point of negotiations between Israel and the Hamas/Fatah cabal ... what is the end-point?  If the Israelis are, as a starter, reduced to this minimal land profile, what land do they then have left to agree mutually to swap for, say, Jerusalem or its West Bank settlements?  The answer is: Nada.  (It already has given back the Gaza Strip and the Sinai.)

If the Palestinians (according to The Barry) are to have a "contiguous" state, then the Israelis, by definition, will be left with a non-contiguous state.  Is this realistic ... or a sinister formula for Israel's annihilation?

And the most obvious oversight by The Barry is his conveniently ignoring the Palestanians' uncompromising demand for the "right to return," or the ability of persons who once lived in what is now Israel to return there ... along with their children, their grandchildren, and soon, their great-grandchildren.  If one marries this demographic nightmare with Hamas's charter's call for the destruction of Israel, then the result clearly is equivalent to tying a honey-covered missionary to a fire-ant hill ... not a very pleasant demise.

Afterthought: The Barry's two gaffs in England yesterday (toasting the queen during "God Save the Queen" and signing the guest book at Westminister Abby "24 May, 2008"  tells me (once again) that he has difficulty with the details of life and protocol.  To me, this mirrors his inattention to the details listed above in his speech on the Israeli/Palestinian peace process.