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To: LindyBill who wrote (51996)	10/14/2002 5:53:36 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

At the most, you have an act of "Omission" by Sharon in Lebanon The thing that always got me about Sabra and Shatila was that everybody acknowledges that the massacre was actually committed by the Phalangists, who were Israeli allies but not under their command, yet not a single person ever indicted Elie Hobeika, the Phalangist commander. It is almost as if Hobeika were a gun or some other inanimate object that Sharon had pointed at the Palestinians, not an independent actor with his share of the responsibility.

To: LindyBill who wrote (51996)	10/15/2002 10:11:23 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I agree that we will never merge our differences on this one. Fortunatly, Arafat is on the way out. You don't seem to like that fact, and you are predicting even worse things happening when he is gone. I disagree. TWT. Actually, I don't know whether the ME will be better off without Arafat in the PA or not. I've offered my view that there are two possible futures--the one you see and the one that worries me. If it's the latter, then it's worse; if it's the former, then better. I don't think either of us know enough about the situation to book odds on it. Your acronym works best for me. TWT