Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LindyBill who wrote (15653)	11/8/2003 10:36:07 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Gee, let's let them beat the Israelis, and then they will feel good about the State we will hand them. Really. I love how Friedman makes these acute observations, then fights shy of their natural conclusion, which in this case is, "I guess Oslo was a really dumb idea, then, right?" Edit: this 'let them win' thinking was not far from Kissinger and Nixon's thinking in 1973, when they cut off the Israelis soon enough so that the Egyptians could persuade themselves they won a great victory (they really believe it), so they would have enough 'honor' to make peace. Did seem to partly work in that case. Of course, there has been no real peace, just a realization on the Egyptian's part that they could not afford another war; maybe peace would pay better?