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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (25138)	4/14/2002 5:37:01 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

too brutal and not brutal enough Yep. It is a "Vietnam" for Israel.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (25138)	4/14/2002 5:48:16 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>>I think they should have killed Arafat<<< As appealing as that may be to some,you must remember it is exactly that sort of martyrdom that provided fuel to the flames of hatred. So,go over in your mind for a moment the outcome of Arafat having been killed when the IDF rolled into his compound. Get back to us when you have fully thought this through.OK? Thanks, KC

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (25138)	4/14/2002 8:19:51 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Personally, I think they should have killed Arafat, which would at least move the campaign forward into the post-Arafat era. As the old saying goes, when you strike at the king, you must kill him. Two things come from that, almost as clearly as you and I typing these notes back and forth. First, a firestorm of support for the Palestinians rolls through the ME, threatening, severely, the govts of Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia (this latter, perhaps less), and leading to a dramatic widening of tensions, conflict, etc. We get much closer to Johnny Apple's worry about a repitition of 1914. Second, the subsequent Palestinian leadership would be much more radical than Arafat's present group. No negotiations, no nothing. My own fear is that the bad we see now would be dwarfed by the bad we would see then. There is no security for Israel down that road.