Cease-Fire!

[weegegirl 2]

Happy moment...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/08/mideast/index.html

Sorry for posting this here... Not looking for debate... Just very happy about this... And I refuse to go into Speaker's Corner.

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Palestinians, Israel announce cease-fire

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (CNN) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced a cease-fire Tuesday, hailing it as a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East.......

[ccowden 0]

Two words:

Trojan Horse

[chuckbrown 0]

Yasir Arafat made a great contribution to peace in the Middle East: he died. What a difference.

[Peej 0]

Being an eternal optimist i share your happiness on this one.

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[weegegirl 2]

Eeeek. Sorry everyone. Guess this should have gone in speaker's corner.

I just thought this news was really cool. But then again, it is very relevant to my work. So I guess I care more than the average skyfreak.

[chuckbrown 0]

Oh, I think the news is very cool. You can't help but notice the change brought about by Abbas, though. Apologies for sounding like SC.

[PurpleWill 1]

Hey, it might work out. I guess I should stop using "when there is peace in the middle east" as a substitute for "when pigs fly" - at least for now.

There is a lot of stuff worth doing but then there is a lot of stuff worth doing instead.

[CrazyIvan 0]

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Two words:

Trojan Horse

Two more words: Dream On

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Blue Skies and May the Force be with you.

[benforde 0]

It's PEE ARRR, lets see how many days it holds and just watch FOX forgeting about the part where they broke the cease fire...


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[littlestranger 0]

...no mention of Hamas? Call me a cynic but until they agree, this is just smoke and mirrors.

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Bush has asked Congress to provide the Palestinian Authority with $350 million in U.S. funds to help rebuild infrastructure damaged or destroyed in the Palestinian territories after four years of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

What?

[miked10270 0]

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Two words:

Trojan Horse

Two more words: Dream On

Two more words: Condie Rice. I've been following the coverage of her tour pretty closely & President Sharon did not look like a happy bunny following their first meeting. From what's happened since I suspect that Rice put a few blunt words in Sharon's shell-like regarding future US/Israeli relations! I have little doubt that there was a similar message to President Abbas.

Whatever happened behind closed doors, the fact remains that following Rice's visit both sides are far closer to agreement than they were before, and both sides have stated the futility of trying to "win" through force.

I'll bet that this is the one!

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[DrunkMonkey 0]

Start the egg timer. I wouldn't pawn my AK-47 or Kevlar vest anytime soon if I lived there...

[benforde 0]

LOL

[Frenchy68 0]

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Two more words: Dream On

Regardless of whether or not it lasts or leads to even better events, any progress is good news. It may turn to another "one step forward, 2 steps back", but at least for the time being, it is heading forward. And I believe that's great news.

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[AggieDave 6]

I'm glad everyone is so excited, but I do believe this time is just like the last times...it won't last.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[rehmwa 2]

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just watch FOX forgeting about the part where they broke the cease fire.../

FOX will break the cease fire? I'd think ongoing hostilities would be more favorable to the styles of the left wing news networks. FOX wants peace in the President's term because they are "a tool of this administration".

It would probably be a conglomerate of several more liberal news stations to stage a false raid or so - and then only in a slow news week

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[jumper03 0]

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I'm glad everyone is so excited, but I do believe this time is just like the last times...it won't last.

Hope springs eternal. If you believe it, it will happen.

Where's your faith?

Scars remind us that the past is real

[AggieDave 6]

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Where's your faith?

My faith is a bit low due to more then 2000 years of history to prove the opposite.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[livendive 8]

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Two more words: Condie Rice. I've been following the coverage of her tour pretty closely & President Sharon did not look like a happy bunny following their first meeting. From what's happened since I suspect that Rice put a few blunt words in Sharon's shell-like regarding future US/Israeli relations! I have little doubt that there was a similar message to President Abbas.

Whatever happened behind closed doors, the fact remains that following Rice's visit both sides are far closer to agreement than they were before, and both sides have stated the futility of trying to "win" through force.

This has been building for a few weeks now. Abbas deployed security forces and Israel stopped targetting terrorists well before Condi got there. Personally, I think such visits by foreign diplomats are usually just PR gigs.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[falxori 0]

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This has been building for a few weeks now. Abbas deployed security forces and Israel stopped targetting terrorists well before Condi got there.

true.
there is a different feeling about it this time.
buts its too soon to be optimistic. when terror attack can take it all down, and its not like they've stopped trying (especially hamas, sponsored by Iran).

problem is that unless they (PA) actually pick up the ball and destroy all terror infrastructure, they'll only use this break to get back on their feet and reorganize for the next round.

sorry, i'm trying to be optimistic, but its not so easy based on words alone.

O

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."

[SkyDekker 1,465]

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My faith is a bit low due to more then 2000 years of history to prove the opposite.

Interesting to hear, specially from an Iraq supporter. Isn't that exactly what is happening in Iraq, trying to install a form of government not common in that country or that area of the world. Going against history.

[mnealtx 0]

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It's PEE ARRR, lets see how many days it holds and just watch FOX forgeting about the part where they broke the cease fire...


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5:1 it's the Palestinians breaking it....

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[sundevil777 102]

How is it relevant to your work?

Instead of giving more aid money to the PA, I think the very most we should do is match contributions from the estate of Arafat, he stole so much while he was alive.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[weegegirl 2]

Sorry, but I don't want to continue this conversation. I never meant there to be a debate, hence the orignial post was made to the bonfire. I don't come into Speakers Corner for a reason... I really don't like to argue on controversial issues on the Internet. I'm more of a bonfire/freefly forum junkie. Have a great day!

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