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To: LindyBill who wrote (99859)2/11/2005 10:32:11 AM
From: Dennis O'Bell  Read Replies (1) of 793781
 
Of course, at some point Hamas and the other terror groups will surely try to destroy the ceasefire. It could happen tomorrow. At that point Abbas - and the Palestinians as a national community - will have to decide whether to take them on. If they do, they will have their state. If they don't, they are back on the road map to ruin.

This is probably the real crux of the problem. Hamas et al have had full employment, and aren't going to go easy.

I don't think for a minute that the Palestinians themselves can excise these terrorist organizations, and any calls for them to do it on their own "or else" won't lead anywhere.

While I have been really opposed to invading Iraq for a number of reasons (and not the bleating "The World Was Right" you hear in Berkeley) I do believe if what we've done there turns out well in the future, then this will play an indirect but useful role in finally shutting down terrorist organizations like Hamas. It's a long shot, but what else do we have
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