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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (119570)6/13/2005 12:45:41 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 793875
 
Will Abbas quit? I am clueless.

Scarcely matters, I should think, except it's going to be really hard to pretend there's still a "peace process" if he does.

I think the appropriate mental model for the PA is a really big, gang-ridden welfare ghetto, where the majority of the inhabitants are enabled in their dependence by continuous infusions of cash. The ones without guns have no choice about it.

And of course, all the reasons why states usually don't want to be anarchic, violent, irresponsible and lawless, like getting clobbered by their more powerful neighbors, need not apply here, as the same enablers who send the money prevent the outraged neighbors from doing very much about it.
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