Sharansky on disproportionate force

Via Commentary, I see that Natan Sharansky has an interesting column up at Bloomberg on the historical parallels between the second intifada and Hamas’s attacks on Israel over the last year. Every quote I try to pull is either too long or unrepresentative of the piece as a whole, so I’ll just say you should read the whole thing. His most important point is that international condemnation of terrorist attacks does precisely nothing. Brute force and erecting barriers does far more to cut down on attacks on your people than hoping that feckless diplomats will get the job done.