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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (28792)	5/7/2002 7:10:20 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

there will be no peace agreement as long as Arafat and Hamas and Islamic Jihad are running loose. Once they are decisively defeated What would be a path to this goal? Wouldn't it mean not only occupying Iraq but also Iran, Syria and Lebanon?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (28792)	5/7/2002 8:11:27 PM
From: FaultLine	Respond to of 281500

Thank you, and you anticipated my next question. These certainly are different approaches. It will be interesting to see how the proposals evolve as we approach this summer's talks. --fl

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (28792)	5/7/2002 9:03:51 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Respond to of 281500

Chris Matthews had Shakka Fattah (D/PA) on his program and he talked about having two buffer zones, Americans facing the Israeli's and Saudi's/Egyptians facing the Palestinians. The two zone idea sounded intriguing at first blush, but has anyone talking about these zones taken a look at the geography? There isn't room for one buffer zone, let alone two! Then let's see the choices are Americans stop Isreali tanks from going to the WB, and the Saudi's stop the suicide bombers going towards the Americans or towards the Israeli's? Would you want to be the American solgier having the Saudi's guarding your butt? OK, so that doesn't work? Agha/Malley's right of return is not going to win many votes in Israel. The security issues are a fairy tale solution. Let us face something. You cannot impose a peace on extremists from either side. Today it is the Palestinian extremists you are hearing from. I don't know how loud the Israeli extremists would be if they were cornered but they have the propensity to get pretty loud. I feel sorry for the Palestinians but I think those who want peace are currently trapped in "The Twilight Zone"