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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ed Huang who wrote (1872)	9/19/2003 4:18:42 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 22250

Don't you realize that what "<y>ou can hear often from people in streets" is not anywhere near what one reads on "SI and internet talking about US invaded Middle East for oil or world domination(one of the theories), my friend." In the US, public opinion is very clear that we went into Iraq to rid the world of a tyrant who had killed perhaps a million Muslims, threatened his neighbors, tortured his own people, at least pretended to have WMD, stole billions from UN oil for food program, subjugated Iraqi religious beliefs, etc., etc. Most Americans feel that Saddam had relationships or made things easier for terrorists. His payments in celebration of and to the families of suicide bombers is often cited. Most Americans realize that our administration did a terrible job of PR. Many of us believe that they should have waited to get the world behind us. However, many of us feel that France would never have gone along even if "smoking atom bomb" were found and that Saddam would have had to been taken out eventually. We know it isn't oil. In fact, this may ruin our economy, not strengthen it. As for Israel, the US has supported Israel's right to exist but has acted as a damper and restricted Israel's actions in self-defense. The US would never invade Iraq for Israel. Israel is an incidental beneficiary, but not nearly to the extent of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Sudan, Oman, UAE, etc., and even Iran. Please, you seem rationale. What you read from a few Israel haters, evangelical zealots or anti-semites, is neither representative of the US public opinion or reality.

To: Ed Huang who wrote (1872)	9/19/2003 5:45:45 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Carter Urges U.S. on Mideast Peace Push. Former President Carter Urges Bush to Push Harder, Be Evenhanded in U.S. Push for Mideast Peace, ABC News, September 15, 2003 "The Bush administration must push harder and be evenhanded to revive sagging peace hopes in the Middle East, former President Carter said Monday. In an Associated Press interview 25 years after the Camp David accords, Carter said Israel and the Palestinians had not only abandoned the U.S.-backed road map for peace but had violated it Israel by threatening the "removal" of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He suggested the Bush administration was tilted toward Israel. "At this point, prospects are dismal," Carter said. "The U.S. does not seem to be making any strong effort to implement" the road map outlined by President Bush, and the other parties to the blueprint the United Nations, the European Union and Russia are not very involved, he said ... "The United States is not being evenhanded," Carter said by telephone from his home in Plains, Ga. "You have to have a mediator, willing to negotiate freely with both sides, and equally firmly with both sides"... Israel's official decision to "remove" Arafat, which Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suggested Sunday might mean killing, exile or isolation, also drew strong criticism from Carter. "It just sends a wave of increasing animosity not only through the Palestinians but the entire world," he said. "That statement and others are totally contrary to the position of the U.S. government, as well. The road map is supposed to preclude exile."