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February 24, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/24/opinion/24SAFI.html

Arik's Strategy

(New York Times) - William Safire Arik's strategy is to carry the war to the enemy until such time as new Palestinian leadership is willing to carry the war to their common enemies. Sharon is convinced that Israel will not have a Palestinian ally in stopping the terror war as long as Arafat is in charge. In the absence of that needed ally, Israeli defense forces have been taking the battle into terror's hotbeds in Gaza and Nablus. The mission is to kill the leading killers while trying not to kill those they hide among. Israel surely does not want to occupy Gaza; it wants Gaza occupied by Palestinians capable of keeping the peace. Bush, after Saddam's war, should set aside any "road map" to appeasement in Arafat's war espoused by Putin, Chirac, Schroder, and the UN, now that he has seen their true colors.

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