Sharon to Drop Demand for Week of Calm -- Sources

Reuters ^ | 3/8/2002 | REUTERS

[ArcLight]

Yep...Sharon caved. Not sure what else he could do, short of leveling the PA.

[sheik yerbouty]

Level the PA. Actually, I think that this is to coordinate the next phase of the war against jihadi terrorism.

[KQQL]

Yasser's won, if Sharon Caved.....Sharon is more worried about his job than Israel..

Sharon is all talk no action....

[truthandlife]

Just as expected. Sharon is weak and should be shown the door. Bibi should step right in and not cower to the pressure of the pro-Palestinian UN or any other nation for that matter.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Palestinians have charged Sharon with insisting on a week of calm to avoid moving ahead with the truce deal and to sabotage peace efforts.

Translation: WE AREN'T GOING TO STOP THE SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO TRY AND STOP US.

[KQQL]

Yep. Bibi should tell Sharon go back to his fat farm//

[caddie]

Week of reprieve for the Arabs. How stupid can you get, Israel.

You all deserve a war that goes on two hundred years, given how wimply you are about dealing with this problem.

You are pathetic.

[RnMomof7]

Yasser's won, if Sharon Caved.....Sharon is more worried about his job than Israel..
Sharon is all talk no action....

I am afraid you are right!

[Pipers]

Sharon has always been a jack*ss. Next.

[monkeyshine]

No, you guys are misreading it. They can implement the Tenent plan AND strike against terror at the same time. Sharon is just trying to be diplomatic in the face of a lot of pressure from both sides.

For example, they can (and have) gone into the camps, cleaned them up, and then left. This scenario can be repeated over and over within the framework of the Tenent plan, as long as the troops move in and out in lightening operations to clean up the terrorists and destroy weapons caches.

[iav2]

Sharon was a super general. He's beaten the BS war criminal case. He's pounding the Pals. He can afford to be magnanimous now.

[BrooklynGOP]

Yep...Sharon caved. Not sure what else he could do, short of leveling the PA.

Actually he was on the right track. The cause of him caving in is because of us pressing him (they said on NBC).

[rmlew]

Sharon was a super general. He's beaten the BS war criminal case. He's pounding the Pals. He can afford to be magnanimous now.

He can be magnanimous for himself not with the lives of Israelis.
Having Sharon cave in to pressure shows the Arabs that killing Israelis is an effective tactic with little cost.

Ron

[Pipers]

Caving in is caving in. Period.

[BrooklynGOP]

The reasons still make a difference.

[Phil V.]

The reasons still make a difference.

INDEED!

Is it possible that Sharon has seen the chain reaction - not unlike a nuclear chain reaction - the killing of one terrorist creates TWO more?

Peace vs extermination . . . Which will cost more?

[BrooklynGOP]

Huh? He was pressured by our state dept.

[Phil V.]

. . .He was pressured . . .

Yes. My thoughts on that are HERE