It seems to me that finding a satisfactory definition of a "good faith effort"
to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli war is going to take at least another
ten years of diplomatic flip-flop. Meanwhile, ya gotta do whatcha gotta do.
Put out the fires closest to your hemline.
==Dan
At 03:44 PM 02/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I said "extricate ourselves from this vicious circle", not cause a change
>of heart in Hamas or Al Qaeda. Making good faith efforts to resolve the
>Palestinian crisis has little or nothing to do with the mindset of these
>terrorist groups but very much to do with gaining broad international
>support for U.S. policy and action in the Middle East, including the
>support of the Arab world. If Middle Eastern lands are going to get carved
>up again, it would be better if the peoples at risk in the region were
>given better protections this time around.
>Tim Romano
>
>At 02:27 PM 2/12/03, Daniel Pearlman wrote:
>>If you believe that Hamas, Al Qaeda, etc., are truly interested in
>>RESOLVING the Palestinian crisis, you're dreaming.
>>==DP
>>
>>At 02:15 PM 02/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>>In the Middle East this past century has seen
>>>
>>>... exploitation of the peoples of Middle East first by Britain and then by
>>>the US mainly for their oil reserves
>>>
>>>...establishment of puppets favorable to the superpowers
>>>
>>>...suppression by the superpowers of rebellions
>>>
>>>...support by the superpowers for oppressive regimes favorably disposed to
>>>the west
>>>
>>>...sacrifice of the peoples of the Middle East as pawns in the Cold War
>>>
>>>We've had more than 50 years in which to liberate the Middle East. Why
>>>should anyone in the Middle East or anywhere else believe that the US
>>>intends to liberate anyone, given its less than democratic history there?
>>>The treatment of the peoples of the Middle East by the superpowers has
>>>produced the very terrorists who hate us fanatically and fearlessly.
>>>
>>>How do we extricate ourselves from this vicious circle? Meaningful steps to
>>>resolve the Palestinian crisis might *begin* to right things.
>>>
>>>Tim Romano
>>>
>>>At 12:39 PM 2/12/03, Brennen Lukas wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I submit: The United States did not go looking for war. The war came
>>>>looking
>>>>for us and the enemy found us vulnerable.
>>>>
>>>>Brennen Lukas
>>>>http://members.cox.net/blukas/frames_index.html
>>>
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