Perspectives

"The late, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir hatefully barked that the Palestinians “never existed.” William Kristol acts the same way towards them. The next time he appears on TV, watch him very closely. He reminds me of “HAL,” the computer from the space film “2001,” with no soul, heart or feelings."

"The urge to destroy the enemy is a natural consequence of the gap between the words and deeds of the modern crusaders. The unfortunate reality remains that the Bush administration can vacate the White House due to the fear of Muslim "terror" but they cannot hide from the terror of their conscience in any security bubble."

"Something is rotten in Denmark", Shakespeare once wrote, but if the United States of America existed in Shakespeare's day, he could have said the same about us."

"In order to break the cycle of violence, the idea of one side crushing the other side must be removed. Israeli thinking that yet one more assassination will cause the Palestinians to crumble and the Palestinian belief that one more suicide attack will cause the Israelis to raise the white flag have proved to be futile."

"As I look across the political landscape, courage and independence have almost completely disappeared from politics."

"Israel’s proposals are far below the minimum acceptable to the Palestinians. Even the “virtual” Geneva accord, which bespeaks a better deal for the Palestinians than the rejected Barak proposals of Camp David and Taba, failed to gain strong Palestinian endorsement."

"If Israel were required to obey the law and abandoned its illegal occupations, the position of Palestinian terrorists would be instantly undercut. Funding for Palestinian terrorism, such as it is, would dry up. And it is very clear that Palestinian support for violent resistance would plummet in the advent of an Israeli withdrawal."

"The public campaign finance system is broken. George Bush and presidential candidate Howard Dean have each turned down public funds, allowing the them to avoid the $45 million spending cap."