Paul Berman has a theory about the demonization of Israel in the face of the terrorist slaughter. For those who believe a rational logic governs the world, he argues, the only way to make sense of such acts is to portray Israel as deserving the punishment. And so, terrorism is explained and forgiven. Just look at the thousands of posts by CarolC on the topic over the past several years on Mudcat.

Israel doesn't deserve punishment. Nobody does. But Israel is directly responsible for the situation it finds itself in (as is the US), and it needs to acknowlege and correct this if it ever wants to see an end to the problem of terrorism. Demonizing me isn't going to solve the problem. It just provides you and others like you with a handy scapegoat so you won't have to deal with reality.