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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (20712)12/21/2003 11:53:15 AM
From: michael97123  Read Replies (1) of 793757
 
"As for me, I've spent three years arguing that a withdrawal in the face of terror is a bad idea, and nobody has yet convinced me exactly what has changed, that I should think differently now. The only mitigating factor is that I trust Sharon as a canny politician and no naif, who know exactly what he's dealing with on the other side."

Perhaps the US expects something from each country in the mideast. Libya did what they have to. Bush seem somewhat happy with developments vis a vis nukes in Iran. Perhaps Syria will do something dramatic in a positive sense. In the NYT today, there is talk of reform under Mubareks son and so on.
So how do Israel and the PA figure in this mix? How do you control uprooted settlers and angry, stateless palestinians? HOw does the Wall figure in to all of this. Who will the US enlist to seal the deal in the mideast? Perhaps it is Jordan! There is no need for a a Palestinian rump state on the West Bank regardless of borders but a West Bank populous with political rights as a region of Jordan?? I know that you have pooh poohed this idea before because of Jordan's earlier experience but perhaps the time has come to turn the Palestinians negative hostility toward Israel toward a positive role in Jordan's hopefully democratic and prosperous future. Perhaps a free trade zone of sorts between Jordan, West Bank and Israel. Perhaps Saudi involvement?
I have always thought this to be the solution and I always have been wrong. Maybe this can be a third way. It certainly takes the pressure off minute border details and with the removal of the settlers on the wrong size of the wall, stabilizes Israel as a predominately Jewish state. You know far more about the nitty gritty details than i do Nadine, but i think from a macro perspective the time may be right for my long mothballed solution. I would like you to consider this is the light of what has happened in the mideast since the iraq war. Your thoughts!!! MIke
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