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To: Dayuhan who wrote (61963)	12/16/2002 7:30:39 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

When they insist on having a statesman they’ll get one. When they have a state to speak of, they would then probably want a "statesman". As all they have is an occupied territory, they insist on having a "thug" to fight their occupiers. Same goes for Israel. As they are an occupational power struggling with a home-made resistance, they keep electing soldiers. I guess even Nadine cannot bring herself to argue that Sharon is what we would call "statesman" in most Western democracies.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (61963)	12/16/2002 6:16:55 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The only possible leadership, no. The one likely for the near future, probably yes. When they insist on having a statesman they’ll get one. I’m not holding my breath. I would agree that any people who expects to be led by autocratic leadership is very much at the mercy of the quality of that leadership. By many accounts, the Palestinians almost universally curse Arafat out in private, but no opposition will stand up and be counted (it's very unhealthy, besides). As one would-be opposition leader, Hassem Khader, lamented, "We are like the Bedouins. We follow our sheikhs."