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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (13604)	4/12/2002 12:54:18 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Peacekeepers will be targets. Its a very bad idea. Remember Beirut...???

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (13604)	4/13/2002 11:37:41 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

An Open Letter To General Ariel Sharon by Breyten Breytenbach () Paris, April 7, 2002 Sir, You don't know me. There's no reason why you should and little cause for you to listen to what somebody like myself may have to say. I don't imagine you have time to pay attention to views that do not correspond to your own. In fact, I'm convinced that you do not listen to anybody who doesn't say what you wish to hear. Should it interest you, I'm a writer born in South Africa now living and working abroad. For some time back there I also grew up among a "chosen people" who behaved as Herrenvolk--as all those who believe themselves singularized by suffering or entrusted with a special mission from God. I apologize if my comparative allusion to Israel as Herrenvolk* hurts because of the echoes from a recent past when, in Europe, so many Jews were the victims of a "final solution." But how else is one to attempt describing the comportment of your armies when one is flooded by the horror of what you're doing? [snip] thenation.com () Breyten Breytenbach* is a renowned South African writer whose opposition to apartheid resulted in his being convicted of terrorism and spending seven years in prison.