From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Apr 04 2002 - 15:10:34 MST
>From: dwayne <dwayne@pobox.com>
>>Brian D Williams wrote:
>> Bad news for the Sheik, he's as wrong as wrong as wrong can be,
>> and if he and his associates don't knock it off, they will
>> either be in jail, or dead wrong.
>It's nice to spout this sort of clever, sensible stuff, but it
>seems to me that the Palestinian's tactic of blowing themselves up
>and taking as many Israelis as possible with them HAS worked,
>rather well. It's gotten the attention of the world, a
>Palestinian state is now supported by most of the world, it seems,
>and this was in the offing BEFORE the current Israeli invasion of
>palestinian territory.
A Palestinian state was supported by most of the world including
the U.S. and Israel long before now, in fact the best deal the
Palestinians will ever see was sitting waiting to be signed in Sept
2000. Something like 97% plus of what they ever said they wanted.
Any negotiator would be extremely proud to get such a deal. But
Arafat after negotiating that deal walked away and started the
Intifada again.
>It seems to me that they have gotten what they wanted, world
>attention, and now that the cat is out of the bag, how do you plan
>on putting it back?
They wanted Israelis soldiers in their living rooms?
They got attention, but is that all they really wanted? Arafat
wanted to destroy Israel, that's not going to happen, and any peace
deal will include putting the Hamas/Hizbollah/etc out of business
for good.
Still, I'm rather disappointed at the way the administration has
handled this.
Brian
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