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| Middle East |
| Yasser's view... |
| 2002-05-10 |
| From Yasser's statement at a meeting of the PA/PLO leadership on May 4th: “Our deterrence will be based on the political and diplomatic support of our Arab brothers and friends around the world who will stand with us to exercise the maximum pressure to prevent the recurrence of the use of force or occupation by the Israelis. "We're gonna count on the Arabs to protect us. If it hadn't been for them, I coulda been killed." "We need to call for moderation as a part of our strategy to strengthen the peace camp profiting from the new popular Israeli awareness that security cannot be achieved through the use of force. "So let's knock off with the boomers for awhile. Please? That'll give us a chance to do a little 'divide and conquer' on the Israeli public." "We need to call on all peace loving peoples around the world to come to our support and join this campaign hoping that we will be hastening a change in the Israeli public opinion and consequently weakening the radical forces in that society. "If we can keep the Euros on board, the Jews might not whack us again. That'd be bad because next time they'll probably kill me." “Finally, the opportunity offered now and the risk we will entail if we were to leave the arena open to radicals on our side requires that we should take in our hands as a responsible leadership the security situation so there will not be any action being taken by anyone without being approved as a necessary measure to insure the common interests. "Those Hamas idiots really have to check with me before they send somebody out to explode. Really. I mean, those guys were right outside my door, and they had live ammunition!" "We ought to exercise a cohesive and strong leadership during this period which implies a choice between peace and war. "'Cause I don't want to get killed next time." “We cannot allow the sentiment of the street to drive us. Our duty toward our people and our friends force us to show a strong will to lead." "We've started this mess, and the rubes bought it. Now we've got to get it under control before I get killed." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |