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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (2069)10/1/2001 11:17:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Note this paragraph from the Salon piece:

"Would America be putting Israel at risk by, in effect, forcing it to blink first? Not if America stood behind its words. If the Palestinian Authority in the interim period towards full statehood proved unable or unwilling to control radical rejectionists, America would stand behind Israel in its retaking of the occupied territory previously ceded to the Palestinians. In effect, everything would return to the previous, bloody status quo."

Please. This is the same snakeoil that was used to sell Oslo in the first place -- if it doesn't work, we can take the concessions back. The moral of this story should be clear to everyone by now. Was Arafat willing to negotiate? no. Did Arafat control his radical rejectionists? no. Can Israel therefore take back the territories? no.
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