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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| Column One: American folly |
| 2007-11-23 |
| The mood is dark in the IDF's General Staff ahead of next week's "peace" conference in Annapolis. As one senior officer directly involved in the negotiations with the Palestinians and the Americans said, "As bad as it might look from the outside, the truth is 10 times worse. This is a nightmare. The Americans have never been so hostile." That's why I favor Bibi for PM. Cause he understands how the US system works (briefly US officialdom is---and always was---implacably hostile to the Jewish state. However, they have to bow to the will of the People on the subject. To assure that they do is the second most important job---until the Gulf oil runs out---an Israeli PM has.) On Thursday a draft of the joint statement that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are discussing ahead of the conference was leaked to the media. A reading of the document bears out the IDF's concerns. The draft document shows that the Palestinians and the Israelis differ not only on every issue, but differ on the purpose of the document. It also shows that the US firmly backs the Palestinians against Israel. Two remarks. (a) Caroline tends to over-dramatize---if Olmert gives in to Condi, Olmert will go. We'll have reelections, and by the time the dust settles, George will be back on the farm, and Condi will be a nobody again. (b) I used to think US pro Paleo stance was a result of covert anti-Semitism, until I've seen how Afghanistan & Iraq are being mishandled. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |