Sharon Acts!

[KrazyHorse]

You're a hell of a hawk for a draft-dodger, Eli.

[ZoboZeWarrior]

Could AP lying ?

[Eli]

Cant you do any better than using absolutely false insults?

[ZoboZeWarrior]

Eli's nature is frustated fascism supporter.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Eli
Cant you do any better than using absolutely false insults?

Fine. You're one hell of a hawk for a goldbricker who plans to avoid service on the front lines in favour of a safe office gig.

[Roland]

So Sharon finally is where he always wanted to be. Great.

You can now officially share the blame for all civilians killed on both sides 50:50 Arafat:Sharon.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by ZoboZeWarrior
Could AP lying ?

Not likely. It's one of the most repsected wire services in the world. Dalgetti only trusts Israeli sources, apparently...

[Solver]

I've also heard that Israel is to reoccupy the territories, and give casulaties to Pal infrastructure. Great job!

[Zevico]

Sharon: Idiot Extraodinaire, maybe, but what else would you have him do? Withdraw from the territories? Gee, -that- worked well last time, didn't it.
Sharon is in a fix: either he does nothing, which is absolutely terrible (as they will continue bombing Israelis regardless), or he tries to take out some of the terrorists. Taking out the terrorists is great, but it also has side effects: other Palestinians now glorify those people, and children growing up wanting to become one, etc. It's a double edged blade. Additionally, if Sharon tries doing anything considered too much towards peace, he will lose a lot of poularity (for good reason-Arafat has proven quite clearly that he can't be trusted), and the intifada most likely will continue.
Arafat is in a self made mess. He's condemning terror on the outside, and helping/funding it on the inside. If he suddenly plays nice due to American/Israeli pressure and arrests all the terrorists, he looks bad, the terrorist political parties get more support, in short he (personally and his political career) may be absolutely stuffed. However, there is a chance that it might work, and peace, or a halfwya resemblance of it, may occur. If he continues doing what he's doing, his people will live in even worse conditions, but he might grow more popular (unsure about this one), but so will the terrorist parties. Additionally, more Israeli retaliations means even more costs financially for Arafat personally, which is really what he cares about the most, and nation wide it will mean the Palestinian economy will go through the pipes (it's all ready gone down the toilet).

[Sandman]

Ah, I thought this thread would be about Sharon getting a facelift.

Right now he looks like 'the General' in Watership Down.

Mind you, Arafat looks like his face is peeling off. "Let's see who he really is!"

[Sava]

I like how you guys rip on Eli. He's living through this madness every day. His friends and family are at risk from murdering terrorists and you insult him, good job...

Sharon is doing the right thing. If I were in command, I'd demolish those refugee camps. Then if the Arab countries want a war, I'd give them a war. I'd win it, and then be done with this terrorism crap.

[Zevico]

Not a good idea, Sava. Demolishing those terrorist-I mean, refugee camps would have the whole Western world crying foul "oh the poor Palestinians! Collective punishment for them is wrong, even though there were bomb factories in there! Oh boohoo, there's a 'massacre' in the camps!" Oh wait, that already happened...

[Eli]

Ummm... Demolishing the camps is commiting massacre.

[Roland]

"Sharon is in a fix: either he does nothing, which is absolutely terrible (as they will continue bombing Israelis regardless), or he tries to take out some of the terrorists."

Or how about going after the terrorist infrastructure AND COMING UP WITH A POLITICAL SOLUTION ?

[Sava]

Originally posted by Eli
Ummm... Demolishing the camps is commiting massacre.

Only if there are people inside when I do it .