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To: Bris who wrote (56586)	11/11/2002 3:38:09 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bibi is Netanyahu's nickname, short for Benyamin, and everybody calls him that. He was PM for three years, not a short time by the standards of Israeli politics, but he lost soundly to Barak in 1999 as his prime ministership went down in a welter of small scandals that I wasn't paying close attention to at the time. I compare him to Clinton based on political style: he talks beautifully, like Clinton, plays politics skilfully, and often burns his allies. Sharon inspires a personal affection in his supporters, but I've never heard anybody express such an affection for Bibi. Bibi is very smart, though, and is much more skilled than Sharon when you talk about economics or globalization or such subjects. EDIT: I forgot the main point of comparison between Bibi and Clinton: the deep and universal suspicion that the man has no core principles. When he ran for PM, Oslo was in force, and Bibi sidled up to the center (as he had to in order to win) and supported Oslo, though it was clearly not his preference. Most people thinks his preference is somewhere right of center, but now, with Sharon holding that ground, Bibi has become a hard right-winger. Well maybe Bibi doesn't display as much narcissism as Clinton does, though he certainly doesn't lack for ego, but he has been very politically flexible to date.