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To: LindyBill who wrote (10964)	10/6/2003 2:31:01 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793717

This was the paragraph that floored me: European, U.N. and Arab diplomats believed then, and still do, that isolating Arafat is a fundamental mistake. In their view, Arafat, with all his flaws, is the only Palestinian leader with enough clout to strike a final deal with Israel. Other analysts say cutting off Arafat might have worked if the administration had also taken the risky step of breaking with the Israeli government and offering its own solution to the conflict. Gotta stay even-handed, right? Everybody admits that Arafat is the problem, so that answer is - cut off Israel and impose a solution! on pain of nuking both sides, one presumes.