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Originally Posted by mburbank
Perhaps, but that doesn't make him a puppet. I ask again, why would a puppet resign?
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To prove even a "moderate" couldn't negotiate peace.
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I also think that while A terrorist might not ever be able to reform, a terrorist might well renounce terror if he thought that other methods might now yield better results.
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Actions speak louder then words. What he did was legitamize Hammas. Suddenly Hammas was at the bargaining table and making demands that Israel was responding to. He granted the illusion that Hammas, and not Arafat hold the key to peace, and shifted a great amount of power to the extremist in the region. It was a brilliant plan that worked.
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Originally Posted by mburbank
Didn't Menachem Begin used to be something of a bomb chucker?
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Yup, but he never targeted civilians. If Hamas stuck to military targets, it would be acts of war, not terrorism... but they prefer to target children, women, and the elderly. No comparison, and no moral equivalent.