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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (101279)	6/12/2003 1:48:02 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) of 281500

I have a good analogy but have to reach far back in time, to the end of the Civil War. Lee's surrender was statesmanlike, and Grant treated him like an equal. There were a lot of bad feelings on both sides (which remain to this day!) and it took a long time for the country to get over it (the South is gonna rise again some day!), but they shook hands like gentlemen. I don't blame Sharon for not wanting to shake Arafat's hand, but he has no reason to refuse to work with someone who doesn't have blood on his hands. He's committed himself and Israel to a two-state solution, so now everybody has to make it work. I agree that Arafat has to die. I've been saying for a long time that I don't understand why the Israelis don't just kill him. No doubt they would if they could, and "could" means political feasibility as well as physical ability. As we saw in Iraq, the Arab leaders don't want to piss off the Americans. First Afghanistan, then Iraq. Nothing like a little success to get respect.

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