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2003-12-11 Middle East

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Posted by Steve White 2003-12-11 2:30:55 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Translation: heâs afraid the world might well write them off

That's been my theory all along - once the walls a fait accompli there is no more fun in pushing "Paleo justice" and the rest of the world will tire of sending money to the thugs in charge. The only thing Arafat and friends have to offer the world is instability and dead Jooooos. Once the wall separates the two, booming and killing becomes too difficult to become a dependable terror weapon, and Paleostine will exist as a cesspool of seething and whining nonproductivity. Syria/Lebanon/Iran are just waiting for the hammer to strike themselves once Iraq is pacified. I predict in 5 yrs everyone will look back and wonder why they let Arafat and Co. cause so much destruction and instability - the fence will be the answer to so many problems...Qureia's distress proves that they know it

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-11 8:46:15 AM|| 2003-12-11 8:46:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 All the Hamas effort will be expended on bridging the fence rather than buses and restaurants in Tel Aviv. Sounds like a plan.

Posted by john 2003-12-11 9:40:56 AM|| 2003-12-11 9:40:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 IMHO, the Palestinians will just switch to using rockets and mortars, and will remain massively subsidized by Europe and other Arab nations.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-11 9:53:01 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-11 9:53:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 RC, the Paleos haven't used rockets and mortars because it's too difficult concealing them. You can hide them in a room and in a tunnel, but out in a settlement somebody is going to notice. Especially with all the heightened security. It's why Hamas uses suicide bombers, since a bomb strapped to someones chest is much easier to conceal.

Posted by Charles 2003-12-11 12:42:57 PM|| 2003-12-11 12:42:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Palestinian prime minister warned Israel against taking unilateral steps, such as seizing parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, saying that in such cases ``the fire will burn, the terror will grow.ââ

Just more evidence of the Palestinian addiction to terror tactics.

The Palestinian prime minister said dismantling settlements is a positive step.

Palestinian demands aside, just what "positive steps" have the Palestinians themselves taken? Are there any?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-11 4:33:11 PM|| 2003-12-11 4:33:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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