Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Ariel Sharon laid out his outline for peace. First, he said, there must be a complete cessation of violence and incitement to attack Israel. Then, he said, Israel would be prepared for a long-term armistice with the Palestinians. In a third stage, Israel and the Palestinians would reach a final settlement. This doesn't seem unreasonable. But, I am sure that past refusals to end incitement and terror will be the continuing stumbling block. How can people who support Arafat be so blind? All that Israel asks for the first step is "Stop killing us and telling your people to kill us." Arafat and the Arab leaders have consistently found reasons to avoid doing this, this places the blame for the continuing violence squarely on thier shoulders.
And in a move sure to unsettle the cultured sensibilities of the Euro-elite, Congress announced that they firmly stand by the Israelis. Rep. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas spoke their support. ``You will not hear silence, you will not hear neutrality,'' Menendez said. He went on to say that the recent Israeli military action ``was defensive in nature, no less than the United States' activities in Afghanistan,'' Menendez said. And for Yasser Arafat Menendez had this: ``The Palestinian Authority has resorted to its terrorist past.''
DeLay declared that the Palestinian Authority is ``a holding company for terrorist subsidiaries'' and, ``democracies must never negotiate with terrorists.''
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