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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (120794)	12/1/2003 6:24:12 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 281500

I wish that you were in a high government position and were in charge of our Israeli policy.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (120794)	12/2/2003 10:06:18 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Nadine: Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I wanted to respnd to one aspect: "I get the feeling from some of your remarks that you have been following the Israeli/Pal conflict by just paying attention to the Israelis and the Palestinians; this is a big mistake. The Israelis and Palestinians, left to themselves, could have worked something out long ago. It is the pressure of the rest of the Arabs, the Iranians and the Eurocrats, using the Palestinians as proxy fighters, sending the money, financing Fatah, Hizbullah and Hamas, pressuring always for war and not peace, that has made the conflict unsolvable even by high degrees of US pressure." This is not correct. I have been saying since well before the invasion of Iraq that there was only one security-related argument to invade Iraq -- and that is to take pressure off Israel. This raises two obvious issues: 1) Should the US invade a sovereign nation to defend Israel? and 2) Will it work? I am negative on both these issues. I do not think we should invade Iraq to help out Israel and I do not think it will have the desired result. Was Iraq a problem for Israel? Absolutely. I recognize that clearly. Ditto for other countries -- the question is what should be done. Invading Iraq was an ineffective and inappropriate response in my opinion. My thoughts on Iraq parallel yours on the Geneva Accord -- not helpful and in many ways harmful.