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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3584)	10/25/2000 12:09:09 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Middle East: Beleaguered Barak could be thrown out of office next week as Likud raises the price of co-operation and threatens to force elections independent.co.uk By Phil Reeves in Jerusalem 25 October 2000 The stakes were raised sharply yesterday in the jockeying for power in conflict-torn Israel when the opposition Likud leader, Ariel Sharon, issued an ultimatum to the beleaguered prime minister, Ehud Barak. The message was stark: either forge an emergency government of national unity, including Likud, or face being thrown out of office when the Knesset returns next week. Mr Barak – whose previous coalition government collapsed in July – has been trying to pressure Yasser Arafat into ending the Palestinian uprising by threatening to form an emergency government which would include the Likud leader, who is hated in the Arab world. Mr Sharon – who is demanding that power is shared equally between right and left in the proposed new government – yesterday reportedly told party members that he would topple the Barak government and go to new elections if there was no agreement. Mr Barak held talks with smaller parties, perhaps in the hope of cobbling together a coalition without Mr Sharon – whose presence in the government would mean the end of all hope of successful peace negotiations with the Palestinians. The latter is hated in the Arab world, partly because of his prominent role in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camp massacres in Beirut but also because he triggered the current round of bloodshed with a highly insensitive visit to the Haram-al-Sharif, or Temple Mount, in Jerusalem. The political crisis comes as Mr Barak is struggling with the uprising, which saw three more Palestinian deaths yesterday, including a 13-year-old boy, Iyad Sha'ath. The protests widened into neighbouring Jordan, where anti-riot police fired tear gas to drive back more than 20,000 anti-Israeli demonstrators along the border area overlooking the occupied West Bank. They had gone there to protest against Israel and rally for the right of return of Palestinian refugees, many of whom live in Jordan. The demonstrators urged Jordan's King Abdullah to open the border along the Jordan River which overlooks Jerusalem to the West, to allow guerrillas to attack Israel. "Open the borders to the Mujahedeen [Islamic fighters]... give us weapons and we will give our souls to Palestine in return," chanted angry youths. The West Bank and Gaza Strip were still under total closure yesterday, one week after the Sharm el-Sheikh summit at which US President Bill Clinton extracted a pledge from Israel to take "immediate" steps to reopen the borders. As the Palestinian uprising simmered through its 27th day, evidence continued to mount that the ceasefire has crumbled. In the week since it was agreed, but never signed, some 30 people have died, almost all Palestinians shot by Israeli troops. ***************** Yep... everyone watch events in Jordan.** It is the only country that separates Iraq from Israel and the Palestinians. And I can almost guarantee you that Saddam Hussein is endeavoring to have the anglo-phobe, King Abdullah, overthrown or subverted by extremist activists.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3584)	10/25/2000 1:37:14 AM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Great attitude. Lose faith in the whole system and just charge up more and more on the government credit card, and the richer you are the more you get. That's what I call pigs at the trough. Gore will pay down the debt every year. Just as Clinton has been doing lately. It keeps interest rates low and the stock market booming. If Bush gets in your stocks will sink and interest payments rise. he will also give away the surplus with the tax break and not be able to pay off a diem of the debt. On the contrary. great strategy.