Excellent post Stan.This is the best summary of the "case" that I have seen, and clearly points out why it is so important a question. For those who, like Tahir, wonder where the C.I.A. would find suicide bombers, the answer, of course, is.....the same place as obl.Sincere militants would be approached,recruited, trained and aimed without ever knowing who they were working for.Simple. I also think many comrades are being too affected by Bushies'"Palestinian State" gambit.Sharon used the phrase BEFORE 9/11, Shimon Peres is associated with the same formulation, and can now be heard insisting that Hamas, and Hizbollah should be on the shit list, and not without result. The little spat with Arik Sharon is for the cameras, to confuse and divide as long as possible.And if the opposition in the muslim world, especially the Arab countries,is strong enough to paralyze, or threaten the power of their client regimes then the al-Sabahs, and the ibn-Sauds will have to earn their royalties,or be replaced. If necessary, by American troops. Difficult? Certainly, but necessary in light of the oil reality, either now or later.I see no prospect of dividing Zionism from Imperialism. I think there is a better chance of Israel getting the Sinai back in the next few years if they are patient.Arafat might be humming "God bless America", but everyone should see that Hamas and Hizbollah can't, and in the next phase,Arafat will be required to suppress them. His inability to do that will settle the problem for U.S. public opinion, and Israel wins. Bob enoch
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