This is all related to my previous post on my problems with Bush's current policies, but I will offer an alternative view ...
Not that I agree with this view, but it was shared with me by a friend who has some good thoughts on these sorts of issues: Bush knew Sharon wouldn't obey his order to withdraw without delay, but that statement looks like he's being neutral. At the same time, you may remember, Bush told Arafat to denounce terrorism to his own people -- Bush knows Arafat can't do this without Arafat getting shot dead. But he's painted Arafat into a corner with this dual attack -- he's putting the obligation on Arafat to move further toward peace than Israel (they were going to eventually withdraw anyway). When he doesn't the US has a pretext for widening the war, both to topple Arafat from power and to achieve our primary goal -- go to war against Iraq. There's a certain amount of logic there, but I don't buy it. I think Bush makes himself look inconsistent with very little diplomatic gain. Bush can denounce Arafat now and he won't gain or lose any more friends among the Arab countries. When we go to war in this region -- and we will go to war -- it will be against all of the Arab nations. None will stand by us; all will denounce us and whatever little diplomatic maneuvers we make now won't make a bit of difference. The only advantage is to buy more time for a greater military build up and troop movements. H. -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:15 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Israel pulling out of Kalkiliya and Tulkarem Tonight - "Israel dying to please Bush These two cities aren't that important, that is why they did it. It is more of a symbolic gesture, Israel lightens the assault of some areas, which helps Bush. At 11:24 PM 4/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >This is really going to be a problem for Israel in the long run. How is >there going to be peace in the region if they lose face in the Arab world >and the Arabs see them only as pawns of the U.S.? > >Judith ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
