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To: carranza2 who wrote (101931)	6/18/2003 11:08:04 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Cohen believes that Abu Mazen's weakness is actually a strength. All actors--the Pals, Israel, the US, Egypt, the Saudis, and everyone else that counts--want to prop him up. This has the potential for creating if not a formal coalition at least a common interest group that could actually make the roadmap succeed I caught part of what Cohen said, and it struck me as bizarre. The fact that Abu Mazen is too weak to deliver anything from his side is supposed to be a GOOD thing? Maybe from the Egyptian and Saudi point of view - it's certainly an excellent setup for demanding real Israeli concessions in exchange for a little mumbled doubletalk from Abu Mazen, while Hamas continually sends suicide bombers and boasts that it deserves the credit for the Israeli concessions. And of course, Arafat is still free to make sure that nothing resembling real reform gets off the ground. This "roadmap" is forcing Israel to negotiate under terror, a major loss. Only George Bush could have done this. I hope he's pleased with the inevitable results. No peace will ever hold until BOTH sides are held accountable for their actions.