Quote:
backwards7 said:
So, hypothetically, taking Northern Ireland as a model, would you be prepared to accept figures from Hamas and the PLO as Palestinian leaders and representatives if these groups were willing to commit to a long-term ceasefire and eventually disarm, with the aim of forging a diplomatic solution? Or is wiping the slate clean in that way an anathema?
If Hamas and PLO leaders proved to be 100%, absolutely, sincerely willing to renounce terror and violence, and were they to disarm and even crack down on their comrades who would not stop the fighting...I'd have to say yes, I could accept them. But they'd REALLY have to prove they meant it by practicing what they preach (which isn't unreasonable).
Arafat has not proven himself able or willing to do that, which is why I can't accept him.
"Well when I talk to people I don't have to worry about spelling." - wannabuyamonkey
"If Schumacher’s last effort was the final nail in the coffin then Year One would’ve been the crazy guy who stormed the graveyard, dug up the coffin and put a bullet through the franchise’s corpse just to make sure." -- From a review of Darren Aronofsky & Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One" script
| 
