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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4247)	9/3/2003 8:43:00 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6945

A bit hypocritic of you to talk about that.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4247)	9/4/2003 4:22:10 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

Sharon is saved from the threat of peace By Aluf Benn It used to be said about Yitzhak Shamir that he wanted to wake up in the morning and see newspaper headlines saying, "The threat of peace has been lifted." All the signs now point to Ariel Sharon approaching the accomplishment that the former Likud premier dreamt of. The "window of opportunity" for renewing the peace process, opened after the war in Iraq, has been slammed shut. The efforts for a political deal have once again given way to the routine of managing the conflict, with Israel controlling the territories, and all the settlements in place. U.S. President George Bush has returned to the White House from his Texas vacation a much weakened leader, struggling to save his job. The lightning victory in Iraq has turned into the mud of occupation, regime chaos and mass terror attacks. The 2004 election campaign, which up until recently looked like a stroll to a second term, now looks like a battle for political survival. Internal polls taken by the Republicans show Bush could lose to the Democratic Party's candidate. While trying to avoid the fate of his father, a single-term president, Bush has to fight and win on two fronts. On the foreign policy front, he has to show achievements in Iraq and even Afghanistan, to justify his "global war on terror." Domestically, he has to keep his power base. Both political parties in the United States have already decided that their strategies will be to preserve their traditional voter base instead of trying to court floating voters. [...] haaretz.com Told you so: Message 17201176 Message 18699533 Message 17785430