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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (52136)	10/15/2002 9:22:19 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re: Unfortunately it usually has the unfortunate side-effect of rewarding the terrorism. I don't see what you are talking about. This is what I have said: the lesson we have learned in my country is that the best way to fight terrorism is to cut off the terrorists' support from the population by improving their lives, diminishing the reasons for which they support the terrorists, so that you will now know where the terrorists are and where the civilians are. Pray tell how you think this will reward terrorism. And by the way, what is your personal experience with terrorism? Have you ever lived it? (Yes, except that once in 9/11) Just curious... If you apply what I have said above to Isr/Pal conflict, for example: In recent days, just when Arafat was about to let go of the power, Sharon's forces brought down the world around his little compound, causing Palestinians to show renewed support for him. Lesson: The best way to strengthen a leader is to attack him, so that his people will come together around him. What Sharon needs to do, in my humble opinion, is to improve living conditions for the average Palestinian. Most of these guys just want to feed their families, in a place where there will be no bombs falling from the sky. Encourage investments in Palestinian territories, stop settlements into Palestinian territories, and above all, stop bulldozing them like sewer rats. Show them they have a future they can hope for. In the medium term, this strategy will cut off support from ordinary Palestinians to extremists. This is the only way Sharon can weaken the terrorist movement. The way he is following, unfortunately, is the surest way to strengthen the terrorist movement, which Palestinians surely see by now as "resistance to the occupation".