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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. or WOT [War on Terror]

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Among the points.

 

1. The Arab-Israeli conflict is inextricably linked to Iraq.

Really? I can't think of a single issue in the region it is less linked to. Iraq is about an internal struggle for power.

 

2. The most important thing right now is for everyone to negotiate since it was the breakdown in talks that led to violence.

Wrong again. It was the refusal to make an agreement that led to the breakdown in talks, and to violence. The extremists don't want serious talks because they want victory, not compromise

3. A negotiated peace would strengthen Mahmoud Abbas.

Do these people pay any attention to the Middle East? To obtain peace, Abbas would have to make concessions...Abbas would need to suppress Hamas.   Making the needed concessions would destroy him.

He is incapable of doing that. To get a peace treaty, Abbas would need to suppress Hamas, which he can neither do nor even try to do. Is that so hard to understand?

4. It is good to have a Palestinian national unity government.

Get it? Have Hamas in power, have Fatah and Hamas competing to show which can be the more militant and successful in terrorism, and on top of that have successful peace talks.

5. The key to moderating Syrian policy in Lebanon is getting Syria the Golan Heights.

If Syria had wanted the Golan Heights, it could have had them long ago. Syria wants Lebanon, which is far more valuable than the Golan.

 

2 posted on 12/11/2006 5:37:23 AM PST by SJackson (had to move the national debate from whether to stay the course to how do we start down the path out)
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To: SJackson
James Baker is in the pay of the Saudi government.

They got their moneys worth with this 'report'.

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3 posted on 12/11/2006 5:38:30 AM PST by Lurker (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.)
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To: SJackson

There will be no peace in the Middle East.

There can be no peace in the Middle East.

But I'm still looking forward to making my latkes this weekend; they get better every year.

Topped with an enormous helping of applesauce, yum yum.


16 posted on 12/12/2006 4:37:02 AM PST by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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