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| White House defends Israeli whack... |
| 2002-06-10 |
| As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon headed into his latest Mideast talks with President Bush on Monday, the White House defended Israel's latest assault on the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank. "Our understanding is that the Israeli operation is limited in duration and it is to go after specific terrorists. And given that understanding, the United Stteas has said before that Israel has a right to defend itself,'' White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters as the two leaders prepared to meet for the sixth time in the Oval Office. "The United States will be closely monitoring what Israel is doing and the United States again reminds Israel about the importance of remembering the repercussions of whatever action Israel takes today impacting the broader goals of achieving peace tomorrow,'' Fleischer added. He was doing fine until he got to the part about remembering the repercussions. It looks like the Israeli strategy has now reverted to treating Yasser as inconsequential, and the tank round through the Royal Bedchamber was a gesture of contempt. Since such a treatment of a head of even a quasi-state is probably unprecedented, there's no telling what the actual repercussions will be. The desired result is to tell the world that Yasser and his opinions don't matter. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |