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To: LindyBill who wrote (19575)	12/12/2003 1:13:13 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793597

Withdraw unilaterally - and leave what behind? Hamas triumphant? Withdrawal is a defeat for Israel, and they know it. I especially do not see Sharon doing it just out of the blue, without any cover. I think he is beginning to prepare the ground for unilateral moves, pulling back behind the wall, turning isolated settlements into garrisons - but I don't see him doing anything major until Arafat dies and we see what comes after. One thing that is easy to forget today is that there are many Palestinians who would actually like to have a state, even if that means one next to Israel. But not Arafat. Israeli military action cannot ultimately win the war, but that's the converse of saying that Hamas suicide bombings cannot make the Israelis walk into the sea. Both sides' actions can have quite a large effect in short-time. We saw such an effect last year in the Battle of Jenin. The erroneous conclusion that the Left took away from Vietnam was that if you cannot win the war in purely military terms, then military action is all useless and you should just admit defeat. Nonsense. Military action can still be necessary even if it is not sufficient by itself. The whole op-ed smells of Ha'aretz defeatism.