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To: Stockdoctor who wrote (51204)	4/15/2002 2:26:10 AM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 99280

OT: Andy Rooney's transcript for last night's 60 minutes <<NEW YORK, April 14, 2002 Secretary of State Colin Powell (CBS) cbsnews.com (CBS) A weekly commentary by CBS News Correspondent Andy Rooney: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of all the people in government, Secretary of State Colin Powell is one of the hardest to dislike. He's direct and honest. He tells the truth and not some altered version of the truth designed to make himself and the boss look good. He's a Republican but he doesn't act like either a Republican or a Democrat. He acts sensibly. In 1996, when he was suggested as a presidential candidate, he said he didn't want to be president and that was the end of it. I like anyone who's smart enough not to want to be president. That's the kind of president we need. Colin Powell has been trying to do an impossible job - make peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. You might as well try to reason with a German Shepherd and a chow in a dogfight. It's impossible because no impartial observer, whether a diplomat, a reporter or an informed citizen, can suggest either side is wrong about anything without making them mad. The New York Times published a picture of an Israeli soldier beating a Palestinian peace protester. It made the Israeli army look bad and The Times got a lot of angry calls saying the paper was anti-Semitic. Dan Rather spoke about the difficulty with Larry King: “In some important ways, they both are right; on the other hand, in some important ways, they both are wrong.” Hamas and Fatah, the Palestinian terrorist organizations don't want peace; they want to destroy Israel. Arafat is a bad guy, but he's a toothless tiger who no longer has the power to stop terrorism if he wanted to. Ariel Sharon doesn't want peace. He loves this war. The Israelis are our friends and the Palestinians are strangers. But Sharon is not our friend and President Bush should stop pussyfooting and say so. Americans and Israelis are hated in the Arab world. Saddam Hussein has offered to give $25,000 to the families of martyrs who kill themselves as terrorists. How is Colin Powell going to reason with guys who believe that if they kill themselves, they’re going to heaven with 72 virgin maidens at their disposal? What's he got to offer that could compare to that? Who can Powell talk to sensibly? Arafat can't speak for the Palestinians. He has to raise his hand just to get permission from Sharon to go to the bathroom. Television identifies the weapons, in this case helicopters, as Israeli. Richard Martin: “Israeli attack helicopters circled constantly in the sky above.” Well, the pilot is Israeli but the helicopter is an American Cobra. The rifles used by the Israelis to kill Palestinians are often American M16s, as are some of the rifles used by Palestinians to kill Israelis. Is this crazy? Last year, we gave Israel one billion, nine hundred million dollars for weapons alone. We gave them 67 helicopters, and 337 fighters planes. If Sharon and the Palestinian terrorists persist with their arrogance, we have the power to save Israel and Palestine from themselves by cutting off both the money and the weapons with which this war is being fought.>> © MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved.

To: Stockdoctor who wrote (51204)	4/15/2002 8:49:11 AM
From: tdl4138	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

Sharon is "bloodthirsty"? Because he is sending troops into urban areas to actually eliminate the terrorists? At least his forces are finding them...With all our sophisticated military toys...we can't seem to find that many Al Qaeda leaders... Didn't Bush say we were doing the same thing in Afghanistan? Pray tell, what makes this different? I thought a terrorist was a terrorist. I guess we now have good ones...and bad ones. As to a massacre in Jennin...just because the Palestinians claim that it took place? Has anyone offered any proof? A single photograph of all these bodies? Or do the Palestinians claim that the people that were rounded up...and had rifles in their hands...were massacred. Have some civilians been killed...of course. War is hell. Reality is that the Isreali's wouldn't be there if terrorist bombings of civilians had not taken place with regularity. When a Palestinian walks into a cafe and detonates himself...and kills 20-30 people...thats not a massacre? The bottom line is all of it is senseless. I would not be surprised to learn that the "massacre's" are more propaganda than reality...an effort by the Palestinians to get backing from the Arab world. If the anti-American/Isreali sentiment can be taken a few notches higher...why not? Until rational leadership emerges on both sides this mess will do nothing but simmer and escalate. The longer it goes on, the better the chances of other Arab states entering the fray. Just my thoughts. Tdl4138