"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > Therfore, it occurs to me that all our worrying about peace proposals and > pressuring Arafat to accept a compromise agreement is in fact all rather > misguided. What we really need to start doing is pressuring the > international community to start doing the moral and right thing - and to > start affirming that peace is *by definition* impossible until the > Palestinians give up on terrorism. Until then, I worry that the most > dangerous thing for all of us in the Middle East may be the "peace." And > just perhaps, maybe we should all pray for war.
John, I'm wondering if you read the article found on-line at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34676-2002Apr11.html One paragraph from the article: Usually when peace demonstrators get arrested, it's to oppose U.S. military adventures abroad. Now, for perhaps the first time in the history of Washington protest, the symbolic act of submitting to white plastic handcuffs would be to encourage American military intervention. That's the Middle East for you. Complicated, complicated. What I found interesting were the negotiations with the police who eventually arrested the protesters. Julia
