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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (27579)4/28/2002 1:41:48 PM
From: tekboy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
if only it can be done

and if my aunt had wheels, she'd be a trolley car. Yes, the Jordanian option makes a lot of sense, and always has. Unfortunately, the Jordanians want nothing to do with it, and nobody else is jumping at the idea either. So it's about as realistic as Toni Chayes' well-meaning international intervention to create another Cyprus, which also ain't gonna happen.

tb@equalopportunityhopedasher.com

PS I haven't looked at this in years, but I remember that at the time it struck me as sensible; it might be interesting to dig up, given the later career of the author:

Martin Indyk, "Ignoring the Real 'Jordan Option,'" The National Interest, No. 1, Fall 1985, p. 52.