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To: tekboy who wrote (28397)	5/5/2002 4:31:07 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My own hunch is that they're still playing this one by ear, and still hoping that somehow it will just go away without forcing them to piss off somebody important (which actually doing something would inevitably require). I find it difficult to think that they could be this unbelievably stupid, but nothing else seems to fit. I guess they are setting there hoping that "Time will Tell". Well, Arafat could die, so could Sharon, something else could happen, why not wait? Lets just bumble along and not make any big waves, keep the PR going, wait for a break, ...........

To: tekboy who wrote (28397)	5/5/2002 11:53:26 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My own hunch is that they're still playing this one by ear, and still hoping that somehow it will just go away without forcing them to piss off somebody important (which actually doing something would inevitably require). That fits with what I read as well. And it's by far the most depressing part of what's going on. If I read what's written about the Jordanians and the Saudis correctly, the lack of a direction, whether finally workable or not, is the largest problems their regimes face right now. And if one is worried about the degree to which or the speed at which Al Qaida like groups gain legitimacy in these countries, it's much to be worried about.