[Torie]

Yep, but I suspect Sharon was eager to avoid any meeting that forced him to deal with the road map. Sharon will have to deal with it sooner or later, but he prefers later. Is Sharon right? I don't know. I wished I did know, and could vent, but I don't, and can't. I hate when that happens.

[xJones]

Yep, but I suspect Sharon was eager to avoid any meeting that forced him to deal with the road map.

What road map? Israelis keep getting blown up by Palestinians, did Sharon plan that? How exactly is Sharon supposed to negotiate, when he's too busy attending funerals?

[Mr. Mojo]

suspect Sharon was eager to avoid any meeting that forced him to deal with the road map. Sharon will have to deal with it sooner or later

Come on, Torie. You know full well that this "roadmap" is utter nonsense, considering that the possibility of the Palestianians living up to its conditions are exactly nil. Anytime the two parties even come close to talking, let alone actually signing anything, Hamas or one of the other terrorist orgs will make sure it doesn't happen. This shouldn't surprise you (or anyone).

Step one for the Palestinians, if they're serious, is to not just clamp down on, but annihilate the terror groups sworn to the destruction of Israel. Until that happens, nothing else means a damn.

[thinktwice]

Sharon was eager to avoid any meeting that forced him to deal with the road map.

This confilcts with what I heard on the news earlier today.

Sharon DID MEET with the new Palestinian bigwig to discuss the road map, and that bigwig told Sharon that terrorist suicide bombing would not stop until Israel actually gave up some West Bank territory.

That is blackmail -- as usual -- from the Palestinians.