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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CountofMoneyCristo who wrote (14090)	3/15/2002 6:07:17 PM
From: Paul Kern	Respond to of 27666

" I understand our government is attempting to forge a coalition to rout Iraq, but I thought the rule was that "The mission defines the coalition." Forcing our best friend in the region, Israel, to reward Palestinian murder in this way is outrageous." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This smells equally of Munich 1928 and Munich 1972. In the same vein, here's a quote from one of Tom Friedman's recent columns: "America's enemies smelled weakness all over us, and we paid a huge price for that. There is an old bedouin legend that goes like this: An elderly Bedouin leader thought that by eating turkey he could restore his virility. So he bought a turkey, kept it by his tent and stuffed it with food every day. One day someone stole his turkey. The Bedouin elder called his sons together and told them: "Boys, we are in great danger. Someone has stolen my turkey." "Father," the sons answered, "what do you need a turkey for?" "Never mind," he answered, "just get me back my turkey." But the sons ignored him and a month later someone stole the old man's camel. "What should we do?" the sons asked. "Find my turkey," said the father. But the sons did nothing, and a few weeks later the man's daughter was raped. The father said to his sons: "It is all because of the turkey. When they saw that they could take my turkey, we lost everything." So, we let them take our turkey and now we're offering them Israel's as well.

To: CountofMoneyCristo who wrote (14090)	3/15/2002 6:14:17 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Respond to of 27666

Not only are they our best friend, they are the only country in the region that is an open society, has freedom.

To: CountofMoneyCristo who wrote (14090)	3/15/2002 10:27:37 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Count. You said...." " Forcing our best friend in the region, Israel, to reward Palestinian murder in this way is outrageous. Even Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dared to threaten Israel today"..... I heard on the news somewhere to day that hamas said it will step up its killing while Zinni is in the ME. I find it hard to believe that the USA and Israel would give in to terrorists so I have to wonder if this is the very last chance for the arabs to stop the murders. If they continue to murder we may be very close to seeing the end of the arab/pals. We will know very soon. Lorne