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To: LindyBill who wrote (40960)	4/26/2004 10:31:38 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

I was surprised by Brownstein's argument in his column I posted this morning. "Captain's Quarters" agrees. ......First off, any argument based on defending Kerry's credibility is doomed to failure, if not outright satire, as ABC News appears shortly to reinforce today. But even given that, Brownstein, like too many of his colleagues in the media, refuse to acknowledge that negotiation with Arafat has been proven pointless over and over again. Arafat at the PLO continue to use terrorism regardless of what they're offered, as long as Israel exists. Bush, post-9/11, sees that offering excuses for terrorists only results in more terrorism, and while he's offered to negotiate with a freely elected Palestinian Authority, he's refused to speak with Arafat on anything. It's taken the US a long time to learn this lesson about Arafat, even after Arafat murdered American diplomats, but at least we've made it clear now. John Kerry's clear and unnuanced statement resulted, I'm sure, from a political calculation that he needed to demonstrate clarity and conciseness somewhere, and that this question provided an easy target. Until the Palestinians get rid of Arafat and elect non-terrorists to lead them, unilateral moves are all Israel and the US can provide. Brownstein only reveals his own cluelessness when he questions Kerry and Bush on this policy.