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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (23330)4/3/2002 7:21:55 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
They, like I, probably don't think that Israel can survive, and that therefore plans have to be made for an eventual Palestinian victory

What???

The destruction of Israel will require an enormous amount of conventional weaponry which the Palestinians do not have. The Palestinian allies do have such a conventional capacity, but using it against Israel would be to commit mass suicide. Plus, the Palestinians are not worth it--just ask Jordan and Egypt, both of which have made a peace of sorts with Israel after being hammered conventionally in every war they fought against it.

These bitter enemies will find a way to peace eventually because they have the capacity to bleed or destroy each other--with Israel having the upper hand militarily.

You are badly mistaken in your assessment that Israel will be the loser in this conflict.

The French have an anti-Semitic streak that has nothing to do with any assessment that the Palestinians will prevail.

Your suggestion that the lessons learned by the French in Algeria are relevant is not well thought out because it ignores a huge distinction, i.e., the fact that the French in Algeria were not fighting for their survival as a nation on their own soil. I rather think that the result would have been different had the French been fighting the Algerians for French survival on French soil, like the Israelis are presently fighting the Palestinians.
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