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| Middle East |
| Sharon suggests Paleos dump Yasser... |
| 2002-10-14 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called on the Palestinians to overthrow their current leadership and predicted Monday that the coming year would bring a turning point in the Mideast conflict. "Your terrible suffering is needless," Sharon said, addressing his comments to the Palestinians during a speech that inaugurated the winter session of Israel's parliament. "Blood is being spilled for nothing. Change the despotic regime that is leading you from failure to failure, from tragedy to tragedy." "Failure? What've we failed at? Besides establishing a stable regime. And protecting people from random killings. And providing a basis for economic development. And..." Sharon, who is to visit Washington this week and meet with President Bush, charged that "murderous terror gangs" have taken over the Palestinian territories with the encouragement and consent of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. However, he added: "I assess that there is a real possibility that the coming year will be a turning point. I believe that our Palestinian neighbors will themselves reach a moment of change in their attitude toward Israel. I promise that (my) government will be alert to any sign of change ... to make peace." Yeah, right. They're gonna wake up one morning and decide they don't want to be lemmings anymore. That might happen when Sheikh Yassin's a smear of carbon, Sammy's been hung, and the ayatollahs are in the dock, but not before... In June, Bush also called on Palestinians to change their leadership. The Palestinians have tentatively scheduled general elections in January — but Israel's occupation of West Bank cities has raised questions of whether they can take place. No serious challenger to Arafat has yet arisen. As soon as they pop their little heads up, somebody shoots up their houses... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Something big is going to happen in order to force Sharon back home. They should just learn to teleconference. |
| Posted by: PJ 2002-10-14 14:58:58 |