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The greater peril
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, April 16, 2002 | Paul Craig Roberts

Posted on 04/15/2002 10:36:53 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:52:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Western politicians were thinking wishfully when they decided to resurrect an Israeli state on land held for centuries by Arabs. Passed from watch to watch, the Israeli-Palestinian problem continues to elude the skills of politicians.

Our fractured era has proved unequal to the challenge. Desperate Israelis borrowed a page from America's Afghanistan book, and decided to hunt down and kill Palestinian terrorists with the exception of Yasser Arafat.


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Tuesday, April 16, 2002

Quote of the Day by gcruse 4/16/02

1 posted on 04/15/2002 10:36:53 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2
Beat me to it. Our politicians' (of both parties) willful denial of the phenomenon described in the article reminds me of Nero's fiddling.
2 posted on 04/16/2002 7:53:16 AM PDT by white trash redneck
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To: JohnHuang2
BUMP
3 posted on 04/16/2002 3:11:44 PM PDT by browardchad
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