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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (240928)9/4/2007 3:05:30 PM
From: Lou Weed  Respond to of 281500
 
<<Possibly. You've been posting for a while, and such a position would have been so consistent with your stance on the Mideast, it's possible I attributed it to you. Come on, seriously, weren't you pushing for Bush to negotiate with Arafat?>>

Not at all.....you've definitely got me confused with someone else. I was always of the opinion that resolution would be feasible with Arafat gone. Mike can back me up on this one as I discussed this issue many times with him.

<<you have morphed buildiing a few towns into an offense equal to threatening a nuclear exchange.>>

What?!?!? The only morphing being done here is by you Nadine.

<<Yet you admit that Arab countries like the conflict and Arafat prevented a peace deal. Your position is riven with internal contradictions.>>

I've agreed with you that there are large factions in the Arab world that use the conflict as a "cause celebre" and that Arafat was a major hurdle towards a peaceful end. I also believe, unlike you, that with Abbas a resolution is more likely attainable. That's my position.....spelled out clearly Nadine in this last paragraph. No more twisting words or making up internal contradictions that don't exist. There it is plain and simple......