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Rice's Amnesia

Submitted by s.g.briggs, Mar 28, 2007 11:53

It seems to me that the time has come for the US to get out of, not further into, the Arab-Israeli imbroglio. By that I mean totally out. We should eliminate military support, subsidies, and the provision of our usually misguided advice to both parties.. A fairly large segment of American opinion, both elite and popular, seems to think that this is the path we should follow in Iraq and I don't see why we shouldn't follow it in this other Middle Eastern mess too. Your editorial praises one dead Middle Eastern terrorist turned government leader(Shamir) while excoriating another(Arafat). This is an example of how bankrupt the entire discussion has become. The internecine conflicts of the area-Shia vs Sunni, Zionist vs Arab nationalist et.al.are apparently beyond our ability to comprehend, much less to settle. Time to go.

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Israel has made continuous concessions for a promise to cease terror that is made and broken over and over. Now... [MORE]

Tony 

Apr 1, 2007 18:42

Rice is a former employee of the Carlyle Group and underling to James E. Baker III and Brent Scowcroft. This group... [MORE]

Timetospeak 

Mar 29, 2007 02:19

Are you forgetting Jimmy Carter or are you just another bunch of dishonest republicans? [MORE]

Sally 

Mar 28, 2007 21:17

Rice's amnesia is not unique or exclussive by any historical measure. Each and every Arab hostility, war, early pogroms in... [MORE]

Nathan 

Mar 28, 2007 16:59

It is said that a drug addict has a chemically altered brain that does not function the way a normal... [MORE]

Ed Wallick 

Mar 28, 2007 13:42

At one time I believed Ms Rice had definite leadership capabilities and would forcefully put forth pro-American policies, but no... [MORE]

Bill Brown 

Mar 28, 2007 13:25

It seems to me that the time has come for the US to get out of, not further into, the...

s.g.briggs 

Mar 28, 2007 11:53

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Barry 

Mar 28, 2007 09:57

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