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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zonder who wrote (3229)	2/3/2003 10:19:20 AM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

"Perhaps he thought something better would come along, who knows?" Nonetheless, suicide bombings began after he left the negotiating table, it was Arafat that chose the course of violence instead of dialogue. He had Clinton onside to help push through a deal, a deal was possible, imo. Arafat didn't want a deal. I think he still believes he can push Israel into the sea. (You know I've seen pictures of Arafat with a patch on his sleeve that is a map of a Palestinian state sans Israel.) "could you define who you would "fight"? A definition of the target, that is...." The PA people, their homes and public infrastructure should be the target just as the PA targets Israeli people. Hey, it was Arafat that didn't want talk... on that we agree, don't we?

To: zonder who wrote (3229)	2/3/2003 9:19:51 PM
From: Machaon	Respond to of 15987

<< If I were in charge of Israel's government, I would come up with a peace plan, open it for negotiations, call on all Arab nations to get Arafat to agree ... >> Would you first negotiate with each Arab nation to recognize Israel's right to exist? You also assume that the Arab nations want anything to do with Arafat. Arafat murdered the current King of Jordan's grandfather. Jordan kicked Arafat and his Palestinians out of Jordan, and into Lebanon, in a very bloody attack that killed thousands of Arafat's Palestinians. And, what if Iraq, Syria and Iran still wanted to destroy Israel, and wanted to continue funding and supporting terrorist groups to attack Israel and America, even after you tried to get them to like you? You can't possibly be this naive.