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This prescient paper has been much discussed in recent months, but doesn't seem to have been posted (at least under the correct title) to FR yet. So, here it is.
1 posted on 03/09/2003 11:19:27 PM PST by Stultis
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To: dennisw; SJackson
ping!
2 posted on 03/09/2003 11:21:28 PM PST by Stultis
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To: Stultis
Thanks. I missed your ping and was just going to post it myself. It's clear that the single paragraph Buchanan focuses on is a complete mischaracterization of Perle, Feith, and Wurmser.

Not a bad short speach they came up with for Bibi either.

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We have for four years pursued peace based on a New Middle East. We in Israel cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent. Peace depends on the character and behavior of our foes. We live in a dangerous neighborhood, with fragile states and bitter rivalries. Displaying moral ambivalence between the effort to build a Jewish state and the desire to annihilate it by trading "land for peace" will not secure "peace now." Our claim to the land —to which we have clung for hope for 2000 years--is legitimate and noble. It is not within our own power, no matter how much we concede, to make peace unilaterally. Only the unconditional acceptance by Arabs of our rights, especially in their territorial dimension, "peace for peace," is a solid basis for the future.

Negotiations with repressive regimes like Syria’s require cautious realism. One cannot sensibly assume the other side’s good faith. It is dangerous for Israel to deal naively with a regime murderous of its own people, openly aggressive toward its neighbors, criminally involved with international drug traffickers and counterfeiters, and supportive of the most deadly terrorist organizations.

We must distinguish soberly and clearly friend from foe. We must make sure that our friends across the Middle East never doubt the solidity or value of our friendship.

We believe that the Palestinian Authority must be held to the same minimal standards of accountability as other recipients of U.S. foreign aid. A firm peace cannot tolerate repression and injustice. A regime that cannot fulfill the most rudimentary obligations to its own people cannot be counted upon to fulfill its obligations to its neighbors.

Israel will not only contain its foes; it will transcend them

3 posted on 03/13/2003 11:41:00 AM PST by SJackson
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