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...economic woods yet." And so the burgeoning Middle East war has not only interrupted Bush's war on terrorism, it's threatening to do the same to his economic recovery. And as Bush and Colin Powell, having finally decided to get involved, shout "now" at Ariel Sharon and get only "soon" in return, the White House is facing its other great fear - wading into the world's least solvable conflict only to get embarrassed...
...Mideast tangle may be, like Alexander and the Gordian Knot, to simply draw his sword. Pick a peace plan with a state for Palestinians and borders for Israel - the Saudis', Oslo, U.N. Resolution 242, they're all pretty much the same - and one clear message for both Arafat and Sharon: this is the best you're going to do. The negotiations are now over...
...What about the home front? Tell the American people just what he told Sharon and Arafat last week - that "enough is enough." A new Gallup survey has 80 percent saying all-out war in the region is "somewhat likely" in the next few years, and they'll punish Bush more if it happens while he wrings his hands. The man-in-the-street American supported ground troops in Afghanistan, and if Bush explains to them how Mideast stability not only makes the world a better place but could dry up anti-American sentiment across the world, they...
...Ariel Sharon has started moving his troops, but not enough to make it any easier for Colin Powell to navigate his Middle East minefield. And what emerges when the dust settles on Israel's "Operation Defensive Wall" may make prospects for a sustainable truce even more remote...
Neither Yasser Arafat nor Ariel Sharon is a freedom-loving democrat. Both are clearly to blame for the escalation in violence. But the problem is much larger than them. It stems from Israel’s 35-year occupation of Palestinian lands. In 1967, in the third Arab-Israeli war, Israel’s army moved outside the country’s internationally recognized borders into Arab lands. The United Nations promptly told Israel to leave, pronouncing the occupation illegal. The troops still haven’t gone home. But a growing number of them are demanding just that. Perhaps...