On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 05:06:14PM +0000, Carl Remick wrote:
> >From: Gary Ashwill <gna at duke.edu>
> >
> >How genuine is this developing rift between Israel and the U.S.?
> >
> >WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House on Friday said Israeli Prime Minister
> >Ariel Sharon's warning to the United States not to "appease" Arabs at
> >Israel's expense is "unacceptable."
>
> Who knows how real or lasting this rift is? However, since diplomatic-speak
> tends to be happy talk in its most anodyne form, calling Sharon's warning
> bluntly "unacceptable" does seem to signal a new level of US irritation.
>
> Carl
>
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