Re: US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-28 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:41 PM 2/28/2003 + Robert J. Chassell wrote: As far as I know, except for a minority (who are now part of the Israeli government coalition), Israelis would like to see a a viable, peaceful, and democratic Palestinian state. While this is true, it should be noted that this majority voted

Re: US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-28 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 03:59 PM 2/27/2003 + Robert J. Chassell wrote: Israel should support the creation of a viable, peaceful, and democratic Palestinian state. Unfortuantely, I think that peaceful and democratic are for more difficult to achieve than viable at this point - oddly enough. Israel can give

Re: US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-28 Thread Reggie Bautista
JDG wrote: Until a majority of Israelis can be convinced that the Palestinians are fundamental serious about being not just viable, but also peaceful, then a Palestinian State is impossible, since a democracy/republic like Israel could never support such a State without being convinced of that

Re: US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:34 PM 2/28/03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: JDG wrote: Until a majority of Israelis can be convinced that the Palestinians are fundamental serious about being not just viable, but also peaceful, then a Palestinian State is impossible, since a democracy/republic like Israel could never

US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-27 Thread Robert J. Chassell
I just read transcript of US President Bush's speech of 2003 Feb 26 on the future of Iraq. It provides an interesting insight into the public expression of US policy Middle East. The transcript came from the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia:

Re: US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert J. Chassell wrote: I just read transcript of US President Bush's speech of 2003 Feb 26 on the future of Iraq. It provides an interesting insight into the public expression of US policy Middle East. The transcript came from the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia: