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To: TimF who wrote (175137)	9/16/2003 12:25:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584048

Do you really believe that was what was accomplished? Do you not think there will be 4 more to take their place? Yes I do really believe that was accomplished. Of course there were be new people, but the attack on Hamas won't be the direct source of those new people. Past history does not support your position. The more Israel attacks the Palestinians, the easier it is to recruit new members into Hamas. Israel's hard stance looks good on paper but doesn't play in the real world. What worries me is that I think we are setting ourselves up for the same situation in Iraq. Neither side is peaceful but many more Palestinians have died in this love fest. That doesn't say anything about their character or the justice of the relative causes, just that they are weaker. They are weaker only because they don't have the arms that we provide Israel. That's why their death rate is double Israel's. As long as tit for tat rules, there will be no peace in Palestine.......and taking out 4 Hamas is simply tit for tat. Its tit for tat or just stand there and accept "tat" over and over again without any tit. Which will make Israel look weak, discourage Israelis and embolden Hamas and its allies. That's what's funny...........Israel is in no danger of looking weak. That's the argument that has been used for centuries in any dispute.......its what keeps feuds going until one of the two parties collapses or one party obliterates the other or both parties become mortally wounded. Its the major cause for destructive drama in human history. And soon, they will be saying the same thing with Iraq and that's what will perpetuate our stay there. And that's because there is no winning in Iraq. We have already lost. ted