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To: BirdDog who wrote (42147)	9/19/2001 3:30:17 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 65232

I am thinking about Middle East policy it is horribly complicated our recent policy is to "walk away" that is shortsighted, wrong, dangerous, ineffective in no way do I support those who want to destroy Israel in no way do I tolerate asinine comments like HorseGirl's speak out in any way against anything related to Jews or policies toward Jews or to Jewish State, and one is labeled as a Jew-hater I throw it in her face I have many Jewish friends and acquaintances her persecuted type of behavior is evident in a few of them they lose friends and fail to advance any Jewish cause it represents one-dimensional thinking (not very deep) we must adopt almost a constant mediation role have a permanent Middle East negotiator the risks rose by an order of magnitude with the recent Israeli Prime Minister he was such a small man with such a hardline combative nature, that I forget his name can anyone remember this inconsequential highrisk man's name? Baruk or something like that he didnt offer any constructive that I could see in his entire term apparently, neither could the Israeli voting public we must consider some aid to Arab states that are not gatekeepers to oil supplies this is a foreign thought we must aid constructive nations like Jordan, a critical liaison nation I wouldnt be surprised if we aided Jordan the encroachment of the West Bank by settlements is something we should openly vigorously the one area I have been most unimpressed with Dubya Bush is with ignoring the Middle East he wont anymore but he is likely to simply get tough with Palestine reminds me of "Get Tough on Crime" that other totally ineffective American attitude it wins votes and accomplishes nothing yeah, three felonies in Texas gets Life Imprisonment we need to get smart about our foreign policy not get tough, get smart / Jim