The next big stumbling block to peace in that area, is the announcement of the new Palestine Prime minister to the effect his government will not use force against the extremists. This being the case, although it has been downplayed by the media, will make the entire Roadmap, etc doomed to failure again.
While it is laudable for the Bush administration to seek and obtain public support for the plan, and to pressure Israel to give up much more, unilaterally, I am afraid it is still deja-vu. Just as Clinton did by engineering the Oslo Accords, which were honored by Isabel and broken immediately by the Arafat government, Bush will likely be nominated for a Nobel Peace prize, for his efforts, and bottom line, nothing will change. Even under the current "roadmap" the Israelis are already dismantling settlements, and the Palestinians are still continuing their terrorist attacks. Why place the entire burden on Israel? The Palestine president (Arafat) supports terrorism and the new prime minister is no different. There are other Arab countries who find it in their own interests to financially support the unrest in the Palestine/Israel arena, and no matter what public statements are being made by their leaders, the underlying covert support continues. Saudi Arabia and Iran are the major players, with Syria coming in a close second. Let's face it, we must at some time realize that the so-called Muslim countries have no morals, and will lie both publicly and privately, thus prostituting themselves for the billions in foreign aid dangled by the United States. They oppress and lie to their own people, steal what little wealth they have, and continually point the finger at both the US and Israel as the cause. I wonder what would happen is we decided to continue our support for Israel, but make that support unqualified, and then terminate all foreign aid to the Arab countries. This would allow Israel to reclaim the Real Estate they captured during the 1967 war, and have every right to preserve it for its own people. My recommendation is that the entire families of the suicide bombers be put on notice that they will be executed down to the last man, woman and child, should a member become involved in a suicide attack. This would, in a very short time weigh heavily in opposition of the honored martyr status the ignorant are having told to them from day one of their lives, in schools, mosques, etc. The original goal of that war was to carve out its historical land, and preserve a peaceful place for all Jews from all countries where they were and in many cases are still being persecuted for nothing more than being Jews. This is both a laudable and legal role for them to play. Just my opinion of the state of affairs. ====================================== Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 ====================================== If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:18 AM Subject: Latest Middle East Stuff | Although I know it doesnt help the peace process, Isreal has to oppose | violent actions against them by attacks of their own. It seems to me that as | long as Hamas chooses not to cooperate, that there never will be peace | there. Of course there will probably never be peace there, because it seems | like most people involved in that situation have a valid argument for their | viewpoints. I'm just glad I dont live there. | | http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/06/10/mideast/index.html | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
