>Perhaps the most depressing sign are the actions of our dear friend
>Arik, who sees the fall of Saddam Hussein as an excuse to double the
>pace of west-bank settlement. I suspect that the PA's tilt toward
>Saddam was large enough to give the neocons in the Bush
>Administration an excuse to break every single promise about
>Palestine Bush has just made Blair...
Or maybe Bush approves of everything Arik is doing and then some. The Perle cabal is more comfy with Netanhayu, no? The "civilian" leader of Iraq, Gen Jay Garner (Ret) is a big fan of the hardest line. (Speaking of whom, I just discovered <http://www.stopjaygarner.com>.)
Doug