My mom once told me that one of my brothers, after a meal, took upon himself to become the 'Great Druid of Table Leftovers'. He mixed ketchup, pepper, mayo, soy sauce, faded lettuce leaves, plenty of salt, tomato chunks… well, anything that he could lay his hands on, crowning the whole thing with milk and coffee, then shook vigorously the 'potion' to get a homogenous elixir. Visibly proud of his muddy 'solution', he afterwards undertook to convince my other brother to drink it, telling him that it was great for health and 'full of vitamins'. The latter, apprehensive, resisted the suspect invitation to drink this brownish-gray cocktail. Not taking 'no' for an answer, my brother kept insisting.
Being witness to this little game, my mom called him out and said: 'Go ahead, drink that! If it's good for your brother, it's good for you. It's full of vitamins, right? So you drink that!' So, caught out, and on my mom's insistence, my brother reluctantly took a little sip while grimacing in disgust.
Isn't the same true of us today, nations of the world, when we attempt to convince Israel to drink our Two-State Elixir, accusing it of being ill-will for refusing to play our little doubtful game? If it is good for Israel, shouldn't it be good for us as well? Physician, heal yourself.
We nations are so smart, why don't we lead by the example since most of us are confronted to territorial claims from our very own ethnic communities?
So let's show Israel how to proceed!! Let's drink our own "Two-State Elixir."
With what country should I begin?
Oh, my own: Canada. Why don't we apply here our « Two-State 'Solution' » that we so relentlessly require from Israel? We can afford it since Canada is 450 times bigger than Israel. So why not grant Quebec its self-determination, independence, separation, sovereignty-association… or whatever they call it, and for which it has been crying out for decades.
Why not apply our famous 'solution' to British Columbia and Alberta provinces as well since they also demand to leave the Canadian federation?
Now southward, the United States of America - which are 445 times bigger than Israel - could also apply their « Two-State Mirage » to solve California's, Vermont's, Texas' and Alaska's territorial claims.
Further south, Mexico with Yucatan's claims, Argentina with its Patagonia, Bolivia with Santa Cruz…
Want more? What about China - 400 times bigger than Israel - with Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Macau and Inner Mongolia?
Or Russia - 700 times bigger - with Chechnya, Tatarstan and Kuban?
And there aren't only big countries. The same applies to Spain with its Catalonia, Belgium's Wallonia, France's Brittany, Switzerland's Jura…
So go ahead, drink your "Two-State Elixir" that you so eagerly want Israel to drink.
Let's all do it in unison and show Israel the way it should be done.
1, 2 ,3. Let's go, let each of us split up his country.
Go ahead Vietnam, Algeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Morocco, Rwanda, Cyprus, India, Japan and all others, apply your "Two-State 'Solution'" to your dissatisfied communities who are so passionately calling for self-determination.
So when EACH of our wonderful countries will have agreed to apply this brilliant cure to heal their thorny relationships with disgruntled communities who want independence, then and only then should Israel consider examining that poisonous solution to manage its awkward relationship with this nazi 'Palestine' of your dreams - not before.
As we can see, with this so-called 'solution', It is not do as they say, but do as they do (surely not as they say for they preach but do not practice!) It's a matter of survival since their Two-State Nightmare is an invitation to suicide, for them first, and even more so for the microscopic country that is Israel which, by the way, is 5 times smaller than Cuba - including Judea-Samaria. Not surprising that the Hebrew State refuses to commit to it. Israel is no more stupid than we are.
And yes, God is witness of our little game. And he won't settle for a 'little sip' when retribution time comes. He will consider all the elixirs of suffering that we have shoved down the throat of His People along history. And we will then have to drink His Mixture down to the dregs.
The Bible says it best:
"For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drink it down to its very dregs." (Psalm 75.8)
"Thus says your Lord, the Lord your God who pleads the cause of his People: 'Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering. The bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more. And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors." (Isaiah 51.22-23)
"Vengeance is mine." says le Lord. (Deuteronomy 32.35)
Marc 'Edge' Doyon is with Légende Communication, Quebec, Canada, where he is a computer graphic artist specializing in visual communication.