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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6649)	4/2/2004 1:46:51 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 15992

What security have the obtained? So if they give up half of their capital city, dispossess 400,000 people, return to even more indefensible borders, in return for absolutely nothing, you think this will improve matters? Only an internationlly imposed peace settlement can create the condition (coerced when necessary) towards forcing mutual respect. There is no such thing in the history of the world as an "internationaly imposed peace settlement" - unless it was imposed by an imperial power backing the settlement with big guns and credible threats of conquest. Peace settlements don't happen until BOTH sides are ready to talk. Either one side has been defeated, or both are exhausted and ready to negotiate. The neighbors can apply pressure, but can never impose a peace. Particularly not in the case of the Israeli/Pal conflict, where most of the neighbors are concerned to keep the war going. They thought nuclear weapons would guarantee their borders, but the Islamic militants found a weapon that can't guard against without becoming a police state, suicide bombings Actually, Israel is doing a pretty good job of guarding against suicide bombings, and has not become a police state. When is it going to stop, and who's going to make that happen? It's going to stop when the Arabs accept the existence of Israel.