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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: jcky who wrote (39915)8/26/2002 1:35:17 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
In order to facilitate the end of the violence between the Israelis/Palestinians, it is necessary to act as a balanced and neutral broker for both parties to enact a fair settlement...Providing carrots as the sole basis for peace has failed so it's time to bring out the big stick too for both parties. This means any misbehavior by the Israelis and it's no more foreign aid. For the Palestinians, any more misconduct and it's no Palestinian state with the accompanying financial aid. No exceptions.

Explain to me one thing, jcky. Supposing the US did become a "neutral" broker in your estimation. Suppose it then used your recommended "big stick" on one of the parties...it would no longer be a neutral broker, would it? for it would have acted decidedly in favor of the other party...neutrals cannot judge, for judgement is not neutral.

It's deja vu all over again. The US tried to be a neutral broker under Clinton, though I'm sure you don't agree they succeeded, but Clinton did go to bat for the Palestinians like nobody else in history. The Palestinians responded with loads of "misconduct" and after 5300 warnings, the US stopped talking to Arafat. Now you complain that the US is not neutral.

Isn't this just another form of saying that the Palestinians MUST be victims because they are weaker so they must NEVER be judged for their misconduct?
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