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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (6725)	4/11/2004 3:03:24 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

There is no solution until the Pals get a new leader or reach total exhaustion, Total exhaustion? This is a HUGE pipe dream. Because exhaustion requires that a people believe they have no other options available to them, and the militants have clearly shown that suicide bombings have been productive towards creating a new sense of empowerment for Palestinians. And it's not just about the Palestinians, now is it, Nadine.. It's about the prospect of many surrounding Arab governments finding themselves unable to resist the pressures of militancy, while you wait for this vision of "exhaustion" setting in. It's not going to happen Nadine.. You should know that.. The various corrupt and incompetent regimes in the region have no interest in permitting such exhaustion to occur. This conflict serves their purposes for deflecting blame for the economic stagnation in their societies onto the "Jewish conspiracy".. And I've already told you that no new leader for the Palestinians will be able to resist the pressure and threats from the militants. So new leadership is clearly not the full answer. The kind of exhaustion you want to find it a religious and spiritual one. And you should know from the Jewish experience that the more they were oppressed and persecuted, the more determined they became to obtain their goals. Why would you think the Palestinians would be any different? Then we will see what the Pal civil war will produce. You know what it will produce.. It will produce a strong incentive for outside intervention by Arab states. And this will create the potential of another Arab-Israeli conflict and trashing of all of its major peace treaties.. Because you know Israel will be blamed for any civil war. And that blame will translate into incredible pressure to take action to alleviate the Palestinian issue. Do you want to take that chance? Hawk