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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6664)	4/2/2004 5:16:28 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

I haven't seen you provide a credible scenario that won't result in utter chaos within the territories and outright fighting between Islamists and Fatah, with the average palestinian caught in the middle.. At this point I think it will happen no matter what anyone does. Only the Palestinians themselves could stop it, and they are obviously not willing or able. They are still clutching at the unity of blowing up Israelis. It is their only unity, but is producing diminishing returns. Do you think the international community could stand by and permit that to happen? Sure, why not? When Arabs kill each other, there is no story. All the killings of suspected collaborators that go on in the PA, does the international community get their knickers in a twist over it? No, no, the international community only cares if Jews do the killing or can be blamed. It will be difficult to pin Hamas-Fatah battles on Sharon, though I'm sure they'll try. Not without a war of conquest in hostile urban territory The Palestinian idea of international troops is purely the UN model. The blue helmets come in, play nice with the officials, and pretend not to notice when they are used as human shields. Then they yell at the Israeli retaliation. Nowhere in this rosy scenario (by Palestinian standards) is there any room for soldiers actually disarming militants and disbanding terrorist bands. Oh no, indeed. If NATO or anybody else tried that, they would have a war on their hands in a hurry. And if it comes down to Israel having to do it, it will only make it even more difficult to bring progressive change to the entire region.. Can't you see that.. honestly? I can see that. But I can also see that only Israel has any motivation to do it. The Pals certainly don't want to, and won't.