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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: frankw1900 who wrote (25809)4/17/2002 7:22:46 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I believe Pat Buchanan hit a considerable number of key points in that article as well..

But I don't necessarily see Arafat being put in a situation where he has to capitulate or seek martyrdom.. The Palestinians are going to getting their state, IMO.. But the Israelis are going to clean house and eliminate most of the significant terrorist infrastructure and collect all the documentary evidence they require to irrefutably link Arafat to terror, drug smuggling, and organized crime in general..

Which shouldn't be all to hard to accomplish, given Arafat's obsessive control over all PA financial matters.

So what will be left is a hollow shell of a military force as compared to what existed before, a continuing Israeli proclivity to conduct security operations that Arafat is unwilling/unable to conduct, and a general sense of order being established in the region. Arafat will still be "boss", but he'll have relatively little power...

And eventually the Palestinian people will tire of the constant conflict, lack of work, and deteriorating economic situation and hopefully realize that the path to peace is not through violence.

The Israelis are fighting for the very survival of their nation-state, while the Palestinians are fighting to establish theirs for the first time in history.....

Something tells me that eventually even the Palestinians will recognize that so long as they threaten the very survival of Israel, they will NEVER have a "homeland" of their own.

Hawk
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