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To: stockman_scott who wrote (23883)	4/8/2002 9:15:13 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I've always wondered whether DeLay and most of his colleagues could pass a map test. That is, give them a blank map of some region they spout off on--the Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East, etc.--and make them fill in the names of each country. The results would be interesting. tb@cynic.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (23883)	4/8/2002 12:12:34 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

In addition, some Bushies were angered when Sharon on Apr. 3 refused to let U.S. Middle East envoy Anthony Zinni meet with Arafat. At that point, some inside the Administration became convinced that Sharon wants only to eradicate Arafat as a political force, rather than to persuade him to control terrorism in Palestinian territory. I guess said Bushies haven't been listening real closely for the past 6 months or so. Not to mention that they seem to have no knowledge whatsoever about Lebanon '82 and the effectiveness of American jawboning there. I don't expect things to get much better, given that the only clear reason I can see that W has any interest in the situation is to line things up for the Iraq invasion. Given my own views on how well thought out the current administration Iraq scenario is, and how likely it would be for it to go according to plan, I figure it's all just as well. One thing the local "Arab Mind" types might consider is just how strong W is going to look after Sharon kicks him around for a few more weeks.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (23883)	4/8/2002 2:55:20 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bush and Sharon have a fundamental disagreement when it comes to anti-Israeli terrorism: Sharon views Arafat as the leader of the terrorist movement, while Bush sees Arafat as a not-very-trustworthy leader of the Palestinian people who might still be pressured into cracking down on terrorism. Yep, that's the crux of the matter. Personally, I think anyone who wasn't convinced by the Karine A should be persuaded by the paid invoices for bombs and the hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of counterfeit dollars and shekels in Arafat's office. Arafat's Altalena moment came and went already.