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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (33011)6/25/2002 12:12:17 AM
From: jcky  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
<< I find it hard to imagine anything better guaranteed to enrage the Arab world. The Palestinians will embrace terrorism twice as hard, to show they can't be bossed. >>

This is unfortunate and I have to concur with your assessment. The ultimate insult to both the United States and Israel (as an act of defiance against Western hegemony) would be for the Palestinians to have free democratic elections, monitored and documented by a neutral third party, only to find that the chosen leader of Palestine is still Arafat. What then?

So much for the theory of the United States acting as a honest and neutral broker for peace in the Middle East. I think President Bush just shot himself in the foot today. He has shown his poker hand way too early.

<< From Sharon's point of view, it's an improvement. From Bush's point of view, he should have kept his mouth shut. The US did itself no good today. >>

Do I detect some concerns for US national interests, Nadine?
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