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Sharon's Narrow Opening


(Washington Post) Jim Hoagland - Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority is broken beyond repair and Arafat is a pariah. Moreover, Palestinian cities are imploding under a wave of internal crime and brutality as Arafat's CIA-equipped militias sell off or donate their weapons and protection to ordinary criminals as well as to the terrorists of Hamas and Hizballah. Whatever his intent, Sharon provided the Bush administration with a small opening to forge the missing link in its diplomatic strategy for the region. The Bush team is right to pursue the small opening Sharon offered and to try to enlarge it.
2004-03-15 00:00:00
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