Israel Cabinet 7 for and 7 against toppling Arafat....plusIsrael Turns Palestinian Towns into Prisons

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 3 09:57:28 PST 2001


Max Sawicky wrote:


>I don't see any, except for the slim possibility of a
>far-sighted, rational State Department.
>
>Two more depressing data-points in this vein:
>Joe Lieberman's advocacy of an Iraq invasion,
>and Chuck Schumer's likening of Arafat
>with the Taliban. Put this together with the
>likelihood that somebody like Al Gore would
>feel obliged to over-compensate in military
>response to terrorism and we are almost at
>the point where the Dems, at least in terms of
>the presidential race, really are not the lesser
>of evils from a liberal standpoint.

Cue to Nathan, who can explain why there's a silver lining here...

Doug



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