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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rrufff who wrote (7680)	11/6/2004 11:58:21 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

We should be the policeman without taking sides. We should look for a solution instead of being the problem. It's worked so well up to now, let's be insane and continue the same tactics expecting a different solution. Yep, that works. Baloney. Bush is the biggest promoter and supporter of terrorism that the world has ever seen. He is a great friend to the Saudis and the bin Ladens and let OBL attack the US and then let OBL go. Bush then further helps OBL by: promoting war based on fundamentalist religions: armageddon christians vs jihadist muslims. toppling OBL's enemy secular dictator Saddam removing US troops from Saudia Arabia just as OBL wanted making OBL into a martyr even while alive and then failing to get him becoming the poster child for future generations of terrorists You are simply buying into Bush's fear mongering while Bush goes about the real task of lining his pockets with oil profits. That's very sad.

To: rrufff who wrote (7680)	11/7/2004 2:02:54 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 32591

Footprints in the Sand By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: November 7, 2004 It is a sad but fitting coda to Yasir Arafat's career that the prospect of his death seemed to unlock more hope and possibilities than the reality of his life. His corrupt, self-interested rule had created a situation whereby Palestinian aspirations seemed to have gotten locked away with him, under house arrest in Ramallah, well beyond the reach of creative diplomacy. Only human biology could liberate them again - and so it has. In the early 1990's, I sided with those Israelis who, though no fans of Arafat, were ready to deal with him at Oslo in the name of normalcy for both Israelis and Palestinians. But once it became clear, after the collapse of the Camp David talks, that no deal was possible with Arafat, I wished for his speedy disappearance. He was a bad man, not simply for the way he introduced a whole new level of terrorism to world politics, but because of the crimes he committed against his own people. There, history will judge him very harshly. Google is a wonderful tool. I spent time the other day Googling every variation I could of the words: "Yasir Arafat and Palestine and education." I couldn't come up with a single speech, or even full paragraph, in which Arafat laid out his vision for how Palestinians would educate their youth and nurture their talents. Maybe all his speeches on that subject were never translated from Arabic. Or maybe they just don't exist - because this was never his priority. His obsession was with Palestinian "land," not Palestinian "life." Google the words "Yasir Arafat and martyrdom and jihad," and the matches go on for pages. nytimes.com