[LS]

For months I have maintained that Bush (due to his understanding of the Bible) knows there can never be a true "peace" between the Israelis and the Pales. The "road map" was never going to be followed: the Pales were incapable of following it. Bush knew that. He established a set of conditions that the Pales would never meet, then said, "When you meet these conditions, we'll lean on Israel to do x, y, and z."

For Christians, this is somewhat similar to the Law in the Old Testament, given not with the expectation that sinful man would be obedient, but with the knowledge that he would not, and that it would drive him to see his own fallen state.

One reason the Pales seem to get more fanatical with their bombings is that each new agreement only further exposes the Islam they practice as a truly violent religion, and they hate themselves as a result of that awareness.

[Mat_Helm]

What Bush and Powell should have said months ago to the Palestinian Authority:

"Mr. Abbas this is your last chance for peace. Israel has shown restraint but it is not unlimited. The terror organizations must be dismantled and stoped or there will never be peace. This is your last chance to put an end to the violence and have a PA state. If you fail to take immediate action against the terror organizations there will come a time when Israel will have no choice but to put an end to it themselves and with the help of the United States and our war against terror. This will mean an end (annihilation) to the terror groups in Gaza and the West Bank, it will mean that many more Palestinians caught in the way will die, and it will mean no PA state for the forseable future, or ever. The choice is yours to make now. Failure to take action is not an option. If there is one more major terror bombing without any vissible prior efforts or any prior action by your security forces at least seen attmepting to arrest these groups, than you will have made your choice and will have to deal with the fact that Israel will be tunring your cities with terror cells in them into the parking lot for peace.

Can you hear me now Mr. Abbas? I am telling you to impliment the road map to peace along with Israel now or else it will become the parking lot to peace by paving over your ashes along with Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, and all the killers you failed to eliminate yourself. It is your choice and it is that simple. You know who these groups are, where they are, how they operate, when they operate and under who's orders they follow. Take the action yourself now or else you might find yourself taking a dirt nap besides Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, Iran, Syira courtesy of the IDF, USAF, USMC, USAA, USN.........."