Prerequisite to Mideast peace

The Boston Globe ^ | 6/27/2002 | Jeff Jacoby

[xsysmgr]

THERE ARE TIMES, George Orwell is reputed to have said, when the first duty of an intelligent man is to restate the obvious. President Bush did his duty this week when he cut through the murk of the past nine years - the years of the Middle East ''peace process'' - and asserted some obvious truths.

[Alouette]

no one proposes to drop an A-bomb on Gaza

I'd settle for a few loads of daisy cutters.

[Faraday]

Very insightful article. Did we have academics and hand-wringers in WWII saying that attacking the Japanese cities would only lead to many more generations of kamikase bombers? If so, we are fortunate that leaders of the caliber of Truman didn't listen to them. We now have found new leaders that are not afraid to speak truth to evil. The future of the Palestinians is in their own hands. President Bush has given them a last chance to avoid devastation. Will they choose wisely? Unfortunately, Jacoby is probably right.

[boris]

"no one proposes to drop an A-bomb on Gaza"

Right. First Mecca, Medina, Baghdad, Tehran, Riyadh. Eventually we'll get around to Gaza.

--Boris

[dennisw]

Please include Qum the Shiite holy city in Iran.