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Comadreja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 09:31 PM
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Think Sharon's "change of heart" is the Oct. surprise?
Right on election eve, we are regaled with Knesset deliberations and a decision from ultra RW bigot Sharon that the Gaza colonial garrisons must pull out. Doesn't this seem a trifle "timely" for Bush, who has been sharply criticized for his full backing of the Butcher? I don't believe a word he says, though. The settlers will stay in Gaza after a stage-managed crisis of some kind. Even if they don't, where is the intent to end the IOF military depredations in Gaza?
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ibegurpard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 09:32 PM
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1. No
I don't think many people are going to pay much attention to this at all. They've all got Iraq and "terra" on the brain.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 09:34 PM
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2. Sharon's been pushing a Gaza pullout for months now
cabinet won't go along.
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DemFromMem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 09:39 PM
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3. No way
If anything, the Israeli right wing has been dragging this out. Sharon would have gotten this done months ago if he had everyone on board.
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tinrobot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 09:44 PM
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4. Sharon Stone?
Sharon Osbourne?

Sadly, many Americans don't even know who Ariel Sharon is...

Not an October Surprise.
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Sara Beverley Donating Member (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-26-04 09:55 PM
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5. Not an October surprise. But giving credit for giving up something that
does not rightfully belong to you and destroying it in the process leaves me cold. I do however, think it is a bold move at this time and Sharon's life is in the same danger as was Rabin's. It's just a horrible situation all the way around. It is hard on the "settlers" also. Two wrongs never make a right and in this case three wrongs won't do it either.
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