Are you suggesting that, since cars in 1948 had neither air conditioners nor GPS, Sharon might be willing to accept a Palestinian state with all the sovereign rights that Israel, under the UN Charter, became entitled to at its foundation?
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>>> So is the fact that Ariel Sharon is now speaking in support of the
>>> rights of Palestinians to a state of their own a positive sign or a
>>> negative sign?
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>>Sharon wants the same thing the Likud wants: that the Palestinians should
>>accept permanent oppression. He just wants to call the resulting set-up a
>>state. It's like saying it's still a car if you've removed the wheels and
>>engine. Very shrewd.
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>Or is it that critics of Sharon say that it isn't a car if you
>remove the air conditioner and the GPS system?
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>Brad DeLong