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To: paul_philp who wrote (31711)	6/6/2002 5:13:38 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You sometimes come across as if the Palestinians are not human, with human concerns and fraility. To dismiss them as fighting for nothing is too fundamentally misunderstand your opponent. I believe that the vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians are simply motivated by the desire to give their children a firm, secure and peaceful future. This is the 'strategic interest' both sides are fight to achieve. Wrong, Daddy-O. I see no difference in the life of a Palestinian child who is slaughtered because he has been hornswoggled into becoming a suicide bomber and the Israeli child whom he kills. Both are unnecessary victims. The difference is that the Palestinian child bomber is duped by others into doing something absurd and the Israeli child is merely a passive victim. The Israeli child is duped into the nefarious act of...buying a pizza? Playing billiards? My point is that the Palestinians will continue to unnecessarily suffer until they act rationally. Time to act in their best interests and get rid of the frailties and the lousy leaders. It's going to happen. Just a matter of when. I'm an optimist at the end of the day. Self-interest ultimately prevails. It is in the self-interest of the Palestinians to negotiate and keep their children alive.