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To: freelyhovering who wrote (26784)	4/24/2002 1:30:04 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, mostly right imho. I find it kind of amusing that first he denies that the Saudi peace plan is just pr, then spends the next three paragraphs listing excellent reasons why the plan is, in fact, just pr. Do I hear Mr. Friedman's vanity talking? The current intractable problem is Arafat and Saudi backing for Arafat. While Arafat is there, there can be no deal. Friedman says as much. So whether Sharon has a plan or doesn't have a plan, it does not really matter just now, because it is useless to offer plans to Arafat. Arafat would rather see all the Palestinians tormented and suffering than compromise the "dream" or give up power. In fact, that is the choice he has made for them since August 2000. But the Palestinians have no replacement for Arafat and no replacement method but the putsch, so they cling to him. These Arab dictators may not know how to govern worth squat, but they sure know how to hang onto power. So all this facile "looking at tomorrow" that Friedman is spouting doesn't really add up to much. Arafat and his thugs must go and some mandatory system leading to a representative government must be put in. This is the harsh reality that Friedman steadfastly refuses to deal with.