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To: carranza2 who wrote (23468)	4/4/2002 3:09:38 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If you have a logically compelling alternative which would have ended the homicidal bombers, I'm all ears. The "all ears" metaphor is a wonderful self parody. No, I don't have any answers. I only mean to point out that the path Sharon and the present cabinet has chosen is extremely unlikely to produce a moderate Palestinian leadership eager to negotiate with him. It is most likely to produce a population of almost the very opposite: more likely to produce a more militant leadership (whether Arafat remains or he is replaced by some other faction); one that has much less latitude to compromise with any Israeli govt; and one in which Hamas et al have far greater legitimacy than they did three weeks ago. But I don't think Sharon's aim is to increase the prospects for negotiation. His aims appear to be to reoccupy the West Bank and Gaza. That will make Israel even more vulnerable.