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To: zonder who wrote (52185)	10/15/2002 11:23:50 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In my opinion, even if we take for granted that Arafat is bad, wrong, evil, etc (in short, the worst leader imaginable), this does not help defend Sharon's policies one bit. You're going to have to explain that one, zonder. Let's accept for the purpose of this argument the Israeli right's assessment of Arafat -- that Oslo was a ruse from day one, that Arafat's real intention was to gain land not to achieve peace, but to launch war on Israel, and that Arafat did nothing once in power but prepare that war, one that he launched in September 2000, after he could gain no more concessions at the table without giving a real peace back, an unacceptable condition for him. Now, if that's Arafat's real intention, and you are elected Israel's PM in February 2001, what policies should you undertake? If you withdraw from the territories, you will not only give the terrorists a big victory, but now Arafat and Hamas and Hibullah can operate unmolested, can enter military alliance with Iran, Iraq, or whom they please. Your intelligence says they plan to do exactly that. So, what policies do you pursue? How does this assessment not support Sharon's policies one bit?