Jeremy Erwin's Journal: Random thought on the Israel/Palestinian "wall"

One of the most common reactions to the recent World Court decision condemning the Israeli security barrier is the utilitarian argument:

Who cares if it cuts through Palestinian land? Who cares if involves a massive land grab? It stops terrorists, doesn't it?

The utilitarian response to this sort of argument would be diminish the utility value of the wall itself-- if a novel terrorist tactic renders the wall useless, the costs of building and maintaining the barrier will come to outweigh the benefits...

I'm not of a mind to propose such a "novel tactic"-- but I would not be surprised if hamas has their "best men" working on novel methods of murder-- and the conflict will will shortly resume its rather bloody course.