Is anyone here wondering, as I am, that politicians are burying their heads in sands of futile hope that Arafat can be trusted at all? Under arguments over...
Peter:It seems to me that both Arafat and Sharon want confrontation, and that is not a recipe for peace any time soon. Mark: It would be naive to suppose it...
Brian wrote: Its also written in there about the apocolypse, welcome to it gents! Mark, I wont even make any jokes on your commentary today, but am smiling. ...
Peter: I think that the Palestinians support Arafat's position, and if anything some of them think that he has been too moderate. One of the reasons why...
Peter: One of the reasons why Arafat did not accept Barak's offer might well have been that he did not think that he could unite his people behind it, and he...
In judging Arafat, we do not know whether it is 1, 2 or 3 which is true, but removing Arafat is only of benefit if a new Palestinian leader likely to emerge...
I contend there is a 4th option to consider. That Arafat is not a leader, but simply a warlord. While most of the coverage has been on the violence, there are...
Ray, Far as I am aware, Palestine is already a very small welfare state. If there is the poverty we are informed about, there is no need for there to be so....
... Now, this is a group that I would find myself agreeing with many of Mark's apocalypse statements. They serve no master but power. Their main ally is ...
... Fingers faster than brain. But then again. Perhaps we could term the form of government they are running as an 'assinate'. But, no, I meant that Arafat ...
... True. However, I've seen numerous reports that there were areas of calm and commerce springing up that were taking advantage of a fairly long period of ...
Ray: One just wonders what could possibly come to pass if these two warring peoples put as much energy into economic cooperation as they do into conflict. If I...
... On, re-reading my own post, I clarify that I did not necessarily wish to describe Al-Queda AS the Beast, but that everything thing they stand for and do...
Hi Ray Like any cult, the prime rule is that anything not specifically allowed by a very very small circle of authority figures is a sin punishable by death. ...
... The version being practiced by the Taliban fits all the descriptions. But in no way to I imply to paint the entire religion with such a broad brush. Ray...
... In American slang, a term like "Stupid Schmucks" does not necessarily denote intelligence. In American slang it would not be unusual to apply the term to a...
... The version being practiced by the Taliban fits all the descriptions. But in no way to I imply to paint the entire religion with such a broad brush. Ray I...
Ah Stupid shmucks - slang! OK, nothing like adding understanding to our mother tongue:-) Mark "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? ...
... are ... brainwashed ... watching ... to feel ... most ... sense of ... it ... all non- ... those who ... most ... Mmmmm...interesting you would use the...
But perhaps they don't have enough 'education' or 'street smarts' to see a different side of things, or the whole picture. In fact, brainwashing focuses ...
... True, but I'm not American, and it's in my vocabulary. And it's not borrowed from America either. Any country that has any substantial jewish community...
I wrote the following three suggestions for Arafat's failure to come to terms with Barak: 1) Arafat was personally opposed to Barak's terms. 2) Arafat supposed...
What makes you think Israel will grant the state? Barak might have done so, but he is gone. I cannot see it happening whilst Sharon is in charge. Regards Peter...
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