Nice one Sharon.

[p_p_man]

You as head of an invading and occupying force in Palestine have refused permission for Arafat to attend the Arab summit this week.

That's one way to win an argument. Stop your opponent from having his say.

But then you were always like that weren't you. I suppose as you want the complete destruction of the State of Palestine and its people housed in refugee camps along its borders for the next foreseeable few hundred years, this would be considered a sharp tactical move.

Barak of Egypt is now not attending because Arafat can't.

The Summit becomes fairly worthless without their attendance and you can turn around to the world and say, shrugging your shoulders as you do, "See I told you nothing would come out of this..."

But Beastie Sharon your twigged.

I'm on to your snide little ways...

ppman

 

[freescorfr]

Yes it really is crass bullying. And we all pass by on the other side.

 

[p_p_man]

Yes it really is crass bullying. And we all pass by on the other side.

To quote myself.

"What comes first, provocation or the fist in the mouth?"

By the way I saw your post on another thread about my thoughts on Ghaddaffi.

He seems to be a spent force like he used to look and act like a film star...

He appears to have come to a full stop after America bombed his home many years ago and...

He may have decided to retire from terrorism...

But apart from those small points I haven't really thought about him much lately. Except for the Lockerbie trial he's put himself very much on the back burner.

 

[freescorfr]

Or maybe he was never that much of a terrorist himself.
It may have been American planes that bombed him, but Margaret Thatcher gave permission for them to fly off from Heyford.
Anyway, thanks for the thoughts. I have a suspicion that his form of government had been a little under-explored in the West.

 

[islandman]

An interjection.......

Does it appear to anyone that either Sharon or Arafat want peace? Come on. If peace is achieved, moderates take over and they are relaged to being a history question in the next edition of Trivial Pursuit.

Sharon's refusal doesn't allow for a possible peace AND the recognition of Palestine as state. Should Palestine be declared a state, and he attacks it, all hell breaks loose. Right now, he's just cleaning up a bad neighborhood. Does he really want EVERY arab country declaring war on Israel and softening support from his American and Western European allies. I think not.

As for Arafat, i'm surprised the man is still alive, quite frankly. This conflict stopped being about religion or about who is right and who is wrong a long time ago. This is simply about who can outlast the other.

Play this scenario to its end game. 1) Israel manages to kill off Hamas and keep its occupied land. End result, Hamas get 2 million plus recruits, each willing to strap a homemade bomb to his or her back. End game - essentially what they have today, just on a larger scale.

2) Palestine is declared a state and the borders are re-drawn to pre-war days. End result, Israel has 2 million plus Palestinian CITIZENS living a stone's throw away from its border. End game - Israel constructs the largest wall ever between itself and Palestine, rivaling the Great Wall of China.

 

[freescorfr]

I had an open wound for five years after an accident. A Tanzanian Doctor said to me - just let the flies take care of it. The medical people had tried everything sugar, seaweed and some very expensive products. The even were going to do a cross-leg graft.

The flies took care of it. They nibbled away all summer and it dried up.

Perhaps everyone's trying too hard, especially Bush and Blair. If they take the risk to stop interfering and renounce their desire to protect Israel at all costs, miracles are possible.