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To: Lou Weed who wrote (94223)	4/17/2003 11:43:16 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

It's my opinion that the task at hand (democratization of Iraq) would be more attainable with a peace accord in place between the Israelis and Palestinians. I daresay. It would help even more if Iraq had a functional economy with a private sector or working civil institutions. The whole Arab Middle East is deeply dysfunctional; tell me, if Israel dropped into the sea tomorrow, which of its problems would be cured? On the contrary, they would have a gigantic new problem - they would have to find someone else to blame, pronto! Peace in the Mideast cannot come until somebody pressures BOTH sides to make a peace. The trouble with Oslo is that while the US was pressuring Israel to make concessions, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Iran were all pressuring Arafat NOT to make a deal. Talk about your root causes! It's that side of the table that must change before there will be peace, and it requires cooperation from all those Arab countries who have so generously hosted (at UN expense) four generations of "refugees".