[lbo-talk] A Calculated Provocation

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Apr 16 13:06:28 PDT 2004


Carl Remick wrote:


>Bush Endorses as 'Historic' Sharon's Gaza Pullout Plan

Now endorsed by Tony "Toy Poodle" Blair. From Reuters:


>Blair disagreed with those who feel the plan is a departure from the
>U.S.-backed "road map" envisioning a Palestinian state by 2005.
>
>He called on the international quartet sponsoring the "road map" --
>the United States, the European Union (news - web sites), Russia and
>the United Nations (news - web sites) -- to discuss how it can
>support the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) economically
>and politically. A meeting is scheduled April 28 in Berlin.
>
>Blair said that if Israel follows through on its proposal, "the
>concept of a viable Palestinian state becomes a real possibility;
>not something that's put in a document and talked about or discussed
>in resolutions or speeches, but actually is a real, live
>possibility."



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