Comments by "hg2" (@hg2.) on "Quillette"
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"Gaza could be the next Singapore"
Here's Alan Dershowitz making that comment (I don't know why Alan Dershowitz is a go-to guy for foreign policy, but in this case he makes "Adam Smith's" point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISViioLUy0I
I agree with Alan because the only thing holding Gaza back from middle-class prosperity was Hamas. The never-had-a-real-job main stream media just talks about "the cycle of violence". On the other hand, Adam Smith says "Little is needed to raise a society to the height of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ... all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
If the IDF went in there, occupied Gaza, and administered it like Britain administered Hong Kong, then Gaza would become "the Singapore of the Middle East". Arabs are nothing if not enterprising. The only thing holding them back was Hamas. I bet after a generation or two, the IDF would say, "well, we're done here, it's time for us to go home." I bet even money that Gaza's newly comfortable middle class with a lot to lose will say, "No! Don't leave! The place will just be taken over by Hamas again and they'll trash the place."
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"Gaza could be the next Singapore"
Here's Alan Dershowitz making that comment (I don't know why Alan Dershowitz is a go-to guy for foreign policy, but in this case he makes "Adam Smith's" point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISViioLUy0I
I agree with Alan because the only thing holding Gaza back from middle-class prosperity was Hamas. The never-had-a-real-job main stream media just talks about "the cycle of violence". On the other hand, Adam Smith says "Little is needed to raise a society to the height of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ... all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
If the IDF went in there, occupied Gaza, and administered it like Britain administered Hong Kong, then Gaza would become "the Singapore of the Middle East". Arabs are nothing if not enterprising. The only thing holding them back was Hamas. I bet after a generation or two, the IDF would say, "well, we're done here, it's time for us to go home." I bet even money that Gaza's newly comfortable middle class with a lot to lose will say, "No! Don't leave! The place will just be taken over by Hamas again and they'll trash the place."
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"Gaza could be the next Singapore"
Here's Alan Dershowitz making that comment (I don't know why Alan Dershowitz is a go-to guy for foreign policy, but in this case he makes "Adam Smith's" point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISViioLUy0I
I agree with Alan because the only thing holding Gaza back from middle-class prosperity was Hamas. The never-had-a-real-job main stream media just talks about "the cycle of violence". On the other hand, Adam Smith says "Little is needed to raise a society to the height of opulence but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ... all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
If the IDF went in there, occupied Gaza, and administered it like Britain administered Hong Kong, then Gaza would become "the Singapore of the Middle East". Arabs are nothing if not enterprising. The only thing holding them back was Hamas. I bet after a generation or two, the IDF would say, "well, we're done here, it's time for us to go home." I bet even money that Gaza's newly comfortable middle class with a lot to lose will say, "No! Don't leave! The place will just be taken over by Hamas again and they'll trash the place."
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