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Re: Is the Intifada working?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:12:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > It looks like it is:
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> > Israel asks US for $10bn to halt recession - Intifada takes its toll on a
> > once-buoyant economy
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,816495,00.html
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> > What is interesting about the text is how Sharon is reported to be using Iraq
> > as a lever to get more US tax dollars from Bush Jr.
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> > Scott A
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> Wow, this may be the first time I have ever heard that terrorism might
> actually be successful in bringing down a gov't.
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> People aren't shopping for fear of getting killed, tourism drasically down,
> recession, 10 percent unemployment, and the gov't focusing on the military
> instead of what's its citizens.
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> Unlike Bush, I do not have faith that Israels economy will bounce back as
> long as the current powers that be are proceeding down the same well-trodden
> path that they are currently on.
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> Unfortunately, the terrorism is from both sides, so neither is going to win.
The terrorists win every day. Every time Hammas sets of a bomb, and Bush/Sharon
respond by saying they won't talk to Arafat - Hammas wins. Every day Israel
steals more and more land - Israeli extremists win. The very last thing Sharon
or Hammas wants is a “peace process” – they use terror to ensure it never
happens.
I honestly doubt the Palestinians or Israelis will ever get an equitable
settlement when “might makes right” day-in-day-out and those who criticise
wrongs are called anti-Semitic.
kinda sad really...
Scott A
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> Dave K.
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| (...) Wow, this may be the first time I have ever heard that terrorism might actually be successful in bringing down a gov't. People aren't shopping for fear of getting killed, tourism drasically down, recession, 10 percent unemployment, and the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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