CSPAN Washington This Week January 12, 2014
Not a soldier, not an officer, not a politician. Found a commission fault in me not anticipating that the event could have happened. They found that in hindsight. But none of us participated in it. Tom friedman writes a paragraph here. It goes right to this whole issue. He says, sharon knew how strong israel was and believed wrongly that this military strength could in an almost mechanical fashion solve conflicts, deeply rooted political problems, the tiny israel could drive the plo out of lebanon, neutralize syria and lebanese muslims, and force the palestinians living in the west bank and ga...