Len, those crazy Judeofascists don't have a clue... They think Cheney's main job was to rally the Arab leaders for another full-scale war against Iraq --LOL! I'd rather say that higher on his agenda was the Saudi "recognition-for-land" initiative.
Wednesday, March 20, 2002 Nisan 7, 5762
Again, it's back in Arafat's hands
U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney left Israel yesterday after a brief visit. Retired general Anthony Zinni remained behind and continues shuttling between Israelis and Palestinians. The two missions, Cheney's and Zinni's, are separate but linked, aimed at isolating the battlefield against Saddam Hussein. Cheney was sent to remove the mines in the Arab capitals, while Zinni is seeking to subdue the Israeli-Palestinian front.
Even without knowing the hidden secrets of the American plan for Saddam, it is clear that it is the most important thing for them, and everything else is incidental. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon recognized that fact when he relaxed his previous positions on how to implement the plan worked out by CIA Director George Tenet for a cease-fire with the Palestinians. In effect, Sharon relinquished his previous preconditions for implementing the Tenet plan and focused on his demand for its full implementation of Tenet before the transition to the Mitchell plan, which has political elements.
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haaretz.co.il
Besides, Israeli officials keep peddling the war against Iraq as a "strategic interest of Israel" (see my previous post re: Sharon & Fuad in the US)... well, fine with me but... if such a war were that vital for Israel, why wouldn't Israel wage it itself?? After all, Israel boasts the strongest military (and its nukes to boot) in the area, doesn't it?? I mean, what's a sovereign country that keeps bragging all the time about its topflight military and whatnot and then hedges itself behind the American might?? I tell you --it's a troublemaker.
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