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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: axial who wrote (22695)3/30/2002 5:53:11 PM
From: SirRealist  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
>>I believe it is wiser to do it now.<<

So do I but it takes two to negotiate. Arafat only proposes to begin a ceasefire just after 130 have been wounded by his team, for the sole purpose of trying to make Israel look like the aggressor and to drum up support.

I figure his bank account must be low for him to be televangelizing so.

As to the suggestion that thousands or millions must die, the history of Israeli military force does not support that conclusion, unless you speak of the potential cumulative numbers over decades.

I agree that truth is gone and justice cannot be had.

>>until the citizens of Israel are again faced with the same unrelenting attacks and hostility? How many years can they live in a state of constant alert, in an armed camp?<<

At least as long as the Holocaust is remembered. My impression is that Jewish people have been on alert for centuries.

>>Israel may well choose to lash out, perhaps with nuclear arms, as you and others would have it.<<

Nuclear force has been utilized on two days in August1945, arguably as a defensive measure. Were my country on the verge of extinction, I think it's an acceptable last line of defense. I see nothing to suggest they'd use it offensively, and do not propose it.

Negotiating for peace is a great concept, but I've not seen much effort from Arafat to do that, since the day he won the Peace prize.

There is no doubt that we're witnessing a rising spiral of violence with no clear end in sight. But creating a unilateral peace is not possible. So where does one begin?
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