[Sabramerican]

Sharons apparent weakness in the face of terrorism

He is not weak in the face of terrorism. He is weak in the face of American pressure.

[Nix 2]

Sabra, Israel can't take any more. More than a hundred injured they say. It's time to let Israel roll!

[ventana]

At some point, it's just them. They have to decide when is that point. V's wife.

[keri]

Please God convince Bush to let Israel do what it needs to do.

[DentsRun]

Account12: Sharons apparent weakness in the face of terrorism

SabraAmerican: He is not weak in the face of terrorism. He is weak in the face of American pressure.

Don't blame America. It's a two-way street. America pressures Israel. Israel pressures America. In the end both countries do what is in their own interests anyway. If you ask me, and despite Sharon's protests to the contrary, I'm not really sure Sharon wants to see Arafat go. Arafat is a brutal, corrupt disaster of a leader who won't or can't control the suicide bombers. And the whole world knows it. No one really expects Sharon to negotiate with him, because any agreement with Arafat doesn't mean anything anyway. The last thing Sharon wants to do is to get into actual negotations where the question of the occupied territories is on the table. Because as soon as that happens, Likud pulls out of Sharon's coalition government and he's out of a job. As long as Arafat's around no one (including the U.S.) really blames Sharon for not wanting to negotiate.

[Michael2001]

He is not weak in the face of terrorism. He is weak in the face of American pressure.

Then he is weak. When your citizens are being killed in cold blood, you don't cower behind the cover that you can't act because the world community won't let you. How about first you protect your citizens and then worry what the world will say?