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To: marcos who wrote (14)	1/14/2003 6:01:16 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 273

especially it is not in the longterm interests of the unilateral actor That has occurred to me. You can really set yourself up by trying to play referee in a fight with no rules. but modify it to an alliance of reasonably democratic nations I can go with that. NATO? The problem with the UN is it is too often a deadlocked debating society. because in so doing you are endangering all of us on this little planet The ME mess is the most dangerous dispute on the planet, yes. But more carrot than stick, to the extent possible ... foster education, trade, industry, tourism ... education sans the teaching of hatred, travel sans tanks and explosives belts, or else it's straight back to the stick Marshall Plan for the area. Get them to the point where they'd rather watch "survivor" on the TVs in their SUVs than fight. And as diversionary entertainment, because hey man cannot live by bread alone, circuses are fun too - take the Arafats and Sharons, say the most bloody-minded half of one per cent on both sides, stick them into a secure concrete and steel cage perhaps five hundred metres square, and donate them lots of free recreational hand grenades HEY! GREAT! Bring back gladiators! We can sell tickets to pay for this! :-) The Labor Party candidate in the upcoming Israeli election would probably welcome something like that plan. He wants to pill out of the West Bank and Gaza and stop all military action against the Palestinians. Negotiate a settlement with Arafat or whoever. And if necessary build a wall around Israel to keep Israelis in and trouble out. But, in spite of the Sharon corruption scandal, he will probably lose.