Sharon and the Wall

With the remote control bombing that killed one and injured many others in Tel Aviv today, Israeli PM Ariel Sharon announced that he would ignore a court's ruling to stop building the security fence.

But if anyone believes that Ariel Sharon had any intention of stopping construction, I have swamp land in Florida and WMDs in Baghdad to sell you. Sharon says he's stopped settlements, and hammering is heard throughout the land each and every day as new settlements in seized areas commence construction.

Israel deserves better than this man as PM. However, that's a conclusion they need to come to for themselves. This "man of peace" - as Bush calls him, and Bush wouldn't know what a man of peace looked like - is a man whose return to power has probably been responsible for more bloodshed in the region than just about any other person or collective of persons put together.

For the world's sake, I hope this year spells the end to both Bush's and Sharon's power. Maybe then, the world can get back to trying to help in bring the Middle East slowly to peace.