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To: FaultLine who started this subject	4/2/2002 8:49:35 PM
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Random thoughts: maybe Arafat underestimated the willingness of Sharon to go after him and thought that the traces of his activities wouldn't be endangered to be uncovered. Not many leaders of democratic countries have the callousness to go against 99% of the public world opinion like Sharon does currently. Maybe it's even a win-win situation for Sharon: 1) If the situation escalates and Arab countries launch military activities, especially Iraq, then the USA have the green light for Saddam. 2) If Arafat steps down the Palestinians finally have the chance to select a leader who will aim for a more constructive policy. Maybe option 2) is what Bush wants to further by today's remarks about a Palestinian state. The main question is how to offer Arafat a face-saving way out which supposedly is important in the Arab world. Maybe this could be done by a republican constitution with a chancellor and a president; then Arafat could be promoted from "general" to "president", much like a move from CEO to Chairman. story.news.yahoo.com Bush Reaffirms Vision of Palestinian State Tue Apr 2, 6:58 PM ET PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - President Bush said on Tuesday he hoped Palestinians could have "their own peaceful state" and vowed the United States would work to stop "terrorist activities" aimed at derailing peace efforts in the Middle East. As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a "one-way ticket" to exile and Israeli troops invaded more West Bank towns, Bush reaffirmed his commitment to a Palestinian state. "I've got a vision for the Middle East that says Israel must be allowed to exist," he said at a fund-raising reception in Philadelphia. "I hope that they (the Palestinians) can have their own peaceful state ... but there are those who want to destroy that vision, there are those that want to murder to make sure that vision never comes to be." Under pressure from European allies, Arab nations and critics in the United States to do more to stop the escalating violence in the Middle East, Bush said: "The United States of America will stand strong and continue to insist that those who yearn for peace in the Middle East and other regions around the world must do everything they can to stop the terrorist activities all aimed at making sure that peace does not exist."

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