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2005-01-17 Israel-Palestine

Mubarak Wants Mideast Talks to Continue Despite Attacks

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-17 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Honestly now, who cares what Mubarak wants or thinks? Mubarak is the Head Thug of a Thugocracy.

I respected Sadat - far more than any other Arab leader and, like Rabin, he was killed for having vision and gumption.

Posted by .com 2005-01-17 3:03:23 AM|| 2005-01-17 3:03:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Mubarak already has a lot of leverage on Abbas. If Israel does what Mubarak says he wants, it increases Mubarak's leverage. Assuming Mubarak really wants an end to the Palestinian terrorism, it would make sense to increase Mubarak's leverage.

Posted by mhw 2005-01-17 9:35:17 AM|| 2005-01-17 9:35:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Abbas -- and Fatah -- are too scared of Hamas and IJ and their own al-Aqsa snuffies to try and do anything about them. They have visions of suicide boomers showing up at their own meetings.

Posted by Fred 2005-01-17 9:53:31 AM|| 2005-01-17 9:53:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Please don't go along with this. It is a justification of the use of terrorism for attaining statehood. The Pallies have to do something-FOR ONCE. Let them get control of themselves before the US proceeds with the Road Map.

I hope decisionmakers realize that working with the Pallies when they have satisfied nothing in their part of the Road Map-no confidence building, no crackdown on terrorists-will be considered a betrayal by those who voted for an alternative vision to that of Kerry and the Euros. That group lives by these beliefs: suicide bombers are to be negotiated with (not killed off) as legitimiate political partners. There is no act too horrific, no political party too bloodstained that they can't call them friends.

This is not the vision this administration began with (and correctly so); don't screw it up now.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-01-17 9:54:44 AM|| 2005-01-17 9:54:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Love the graphic with this entry, it was one of my favorite tee-shirts.
"Visualize Whirled Peas"
Any luck with "Stop the Violins"? (Maybe the international "no" circle with slash over a violin....

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2005-01-17 10:24:23 AM|| [http://www.sgtstryker.com] 2005-01-17 10:24:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 than canna green giants not caster a shadow... is it a vampire vegetable?

Posted by half 2005-01-17 10:48:29 AM|| 2005-01-17 10:48:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Peas in the Middle East is an illusion...

Posted by Fred 2005-01-17 11:02:46 AM|| 2005-01-17 11:02:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said yesterday Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon should not react to acts of Palestinian violence by scrapping peace talks.

Israel Severs Ties as PA Security Implicated in Attack

Preliminary results of an IDF and Israel Port Authority inquiry show that the terrorists were given forged entry permits and granted entry to the Karni facility by members of the PA security force.

The question is who can one talk to? Abbas carries in true Arafat tradition of blaming Hammas while supporting them.

Posted by Gleretle Spoger1997 2005-01-17 12:35:13 PM|| 2005-01-17 12:35:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Fred - yeah, they'd be chickpeas, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-01-17 12:42:43 PM|| 2005-01-17 12:42:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "Hamas? I thought you said hummus!" - Abu Mazen

Posted by Pappy 2005-01-17 3:13:46 PM|| 2005-01-17 3:13:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Lol - I get it, Pappy... ;-)

Posted by .com 2005-01-17 3:17:17 PM|| 2005-01-17 3:17:17 PM|| Front Page Top