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From: dje@5941ux.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re(2): Double standards
Message-ID: <416@5941ux.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Sep-83 10:08:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 22 10:08:03 1983
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This is in response to ima!jim's recent article.  He said he was "ready for
an onslaught of dogma."  Well, although I don't agree with everything he wrote,
I'll confine my remarks to reason.

To all readers, both partisan and evenhanded:  place yourself for a moment 
in the position of an Israeli government leader.  I don't have to give a long
history lesson here; most of you are well acquainted with the situation.  
What do YOU think is the most constructive approach to take towards the 
international situation in the Mideast?  Unilaterally withdraw from all the 
land gained since 1967?  Invite Arafat to a Geneva meeting?  Bomb Damascus? 
Put Sharon on trial?  What kind of POSITIVE steps would you recommend?  
Do you think they would have a reasonable chance of success (i.e. peace)?  

My point is that the problems here are very serious and I don't see any easy
solutions.  There are lots of creative thinkers here on the net.  Who knows, 
maybe we can come up with some interesting answers.  Let's relegate the poison
pens to net.flame and see how constructive we can be here.  How about it, 
fellow readers?

Dave Ellis / Bell Labs, Piscataway NJ
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