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To: michael97123 who wrote (240377)	8/30/2007 4:27:47 PM
From: Lou Weed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<It would make things far easier if the pals would take that 47 stuff out once and for all.>> Its one of the many compromises that they (Palestinians) will have to make for peace to succeed. It would be so interesting to see how similar negotiations to the 2000 summits would be today with Arafat out of the picture. But alas our current admin. seems to have no desire whatsoever to bring that about so we'll need to wait until 2009 at least to see what unfolds. Imagine Hillary gets in and sets slick Willy off as the mediator to broker a lasting agreement to this mess!

To: michael97123 who wrote (240377)	8/31/2007 1:56:35 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Assume, for a moment, that you wake up to news of the Atlantis Event; all the land north of Egypt, south of Lebanon, and west of the Jordan River got sucked down into the depths of the Med last night, never to be seen again. What would be the effects on the US? An oil shock recession from the loss of 4 M BPD of oil? The loss of our major Med port, along with our entire Med fleet? Loss of our biggest, or even our smallest, air base? Loss of our major staging area for ME military adventures? Loss of a canal allowing us to cut from one strategic ocean to another without having to skirt the southern continents? Losing our major source of imported produce? Loss of our main supplier of strategic resources? Loss of one of the 3 countries supporting our boycott of Cuba?