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Bush allows PLO's American offices to remain open [GIVE ME A BREAK]
Jerusalem Post ^
| Apr. 17, 2003
| JANINE ZACHARIA
Posted on 04/17/2003 1:11:10 PM PDT by yonif
US President George W. Bush invoked a national security waiver on Wednesday to prevent sanctions from being levied on the PLO for a period of six months.
Under the Foreign Relations Act of 2003, PLO non-compliance with signed peace accords and continued use of terror and violence would force the president to impose at least one of a menu of sanctions unless he invokes a waiver contained in the law.
President Bush's decision to waive sanctions on the PLO comes as his administration plans to try to jumpstart the dormant Middle East peace process.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: america; arafat; bombings; israelfirst; offices; plo; terrorism; terrorist; usafirst
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:11:10 PM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
Does anyone know why Bush would do such a thing? I certainly don't see how it helps any peace process to grant such a waiver. What am I missing?
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:14:25 PM PDT
by
kesg
To: yonif
Well, we wouldn't want them to have a place we could contact them to talk about peace, would we?
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:14:59 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Howlin
So you find it ok to talk "peace" with terrorists?
4
posted on
04/17/2003 1:16:45 PM PDT
by
yonif
To: yonif
Hmmmm...I thought those offices were closed about a yr. ago.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:16:50 PM PDT
by
whadizit
To: kesg
"President Bush's decision to waive sanctions on the PLO comes
as his administration plans to try to jumpstart the dormant Middle East peace process."That pretty much tells you the 'why'...no?
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:18:02 PM PDT
by
justshe
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To: kesg
It suggests to me the same reason we don't shut down all communication methods of the enemy -- we want to monitor them.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:20:24 PM PDT
by
polemikos
To: kesg; AmericanInTokyo
Does anyone know why Bush would do such a thing? I certainly don't see how it helps any peace process to grant such a waiver. What am I missing? By keeping the PLO's American office open, survielence costs are already fixed as it is only one location. Close that location and the all the roaches spread out and subsequent intelligence and law enforcement costs will increase substantially. We are treating the PLO office just like the embassy of a hostile country, logging everyone who leaves and enters, the date and time and who with.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:21:24 PM PDT
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: justshe; kesg
Plus: keep your friends close, your enemies even closer.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:21:35 PM PDT
by
expatpat
To: yonif
If you don't talk to them, you'll never have a future as a country, as they are hell bent on destroying you.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:26:36 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: yonif
It is verboten to question.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:28:35 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Hootie to head EEOC...)
To: yonif
Well George there you go again trying to pick friends.
Someone needs to get this GW a play mate.
Remember GW looking into Putins soul and his Mexican friend and neighbor FOX?
He played in the sand box with them and they both kicked his butt like the neighborhood bully.
Will someone please stop this guy from picking his own friends?
To: Howlin; yonif
If you don't talk to them, you'll never have a future as a country, as they are hell bent on destroying you. Would you talk to people "hell bent on destroying" you?
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:30:13 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Hootie to head EEOC...)
To: jriemer
Bingo!!!!. we have a winner....
14
posted on
04/17/2003 1:31:49 PM PDT
by
ken5050
To: wardaddy
Shut down the PLO terrorist front groups like CAIR and the AMC. ..........
.....
Palestinian children dressed as suicide bombers put fake explosives on a playmate.
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/160238.html
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:34:20 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth.....)
To: justshe
"President Bush's decision to waive sanctions on the PLO comes as his administration plans to try to jumpstart the dormant Middle East peace process." That pretty much tells you the 'why'...no?
Not really. I don't see how waiving past acts of terrorism is going to promote anything even closely resembling a peace process. It hasn't worked in the past, and no one can explain to me how it is somehow supposed to work this time, either. It seems to me that we first need to drain the swamps of the terrorists before any meaningful peace process can happen.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:35:45 PM PDT
by
kesg
To: jriemer
Okay, your explanation makes some sense to me.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:36:45 PM PDT
by
kesg
To: jriemer
Yeah, and what do you think the PLO office is doing? just sitting around? or mapping out the city when the time is right for a terrorist attack.
By your logic, you would say it would be ok to have a North Korean embassy here?
Futhermore, its not just about that. Its also about the fact the government recognizes the PLO as some sort of government. They are not a government, but a terrorist organization.
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:37:33 PM PDT
by
yonif
Comment #19 Removed by Moderator
To: yonif
They are not a government, but a terrorist organization.
BUMP
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posted on
04/17/2003 1:40:09 PM PDT
by
TLBSHOW
(The gift is to see the truth.....)
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