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Media accounts of the ongoing conflict also tend to distort the historical context of the dispute. Central to the depiction of negotiations, such as the recent Camp David II summit, is the notion that the two parties are trading equivalent “concessions” to reach an agreement. Both the Palestinian and Israeli delegations at last July’s summit did compromise the positions they entered with—a must of any productive negotiation process...
...summit showed the limits of Saddam's comeback. What mattered was not the readiness to lift sanctions, but the continuing insistence that Saddam abide by U.N. resolutions designed to curb his military ambitions. Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah II were the most willing to loosen the economic noose, but they insisted Saddam accept his U.N. obligations and seemed stunned by his obstinacy. "Iraq," said influential Egyptian columnist Ibrahim Nafie, "does not want to help itself...
...thumbing his nose, Saddam unintentionally breathed life into U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's efforts to rally Arab leaders around a revamped policy of containing Saddam. The summit signaled that there may be common ground on the eventual need to lift sanctions that hurt Iraqi citizens, yet at the same time to keep watch on Saddam's military expansion. Arab allies may continue to complain about U.S. air strikes in defense of "no-fly" zones in northern and southern Iraq. But Kuwaiti and Saudi officials seem in no hurry to close the U.S. air bases in their countries. Containment...
...Last week, the assembled leaders relished a new era in Arab relations, holding a non-emergency summit for the first time in 14 years. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi pitched a tent outside a palace and visited a donut shop during a surprise walkabout. A rumor swirled around Amman that Saddam himself was planning to attend. It would have made an electrifying appearance. But he failed to show...
...March 12]. He keeps smiling and saying it is the taxpayers' money and should be returned to the people. But the government's huge debts are certainly the people's debts. The first priority should be to use our money to pay down the debt. BILL H. HAMILTON Pocono Summit...