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Ha'aretz must be taking lessons from the US press for it to quote Sharon like this and not give the backstory:
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"I don’t like the roadmap, but we are in a situation where we have to choose between what’s bad and what’s worse"
"If we support the plan now, we will fight less with the Americans"
"If we accept the plan we may have future conflict with the Americans, but its not at all certain because the Palestinians may not be able to do their part according to the roadmap. Therefore its better to postpone conflict, in the hope that there will be no conflict."
"Why are you talking about these dates? These dates (in the Roadmap) are not serious"
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All of those are Ariel Sharon, the day the Roadmap was adopted, speaking in cabinet.
He doesn't take the text seriously, he intended (and succeeded) in getting "amendments" adopted to alter the document, he only accepts it so as to not quarrel "with the Americans" (barely concealing his hope that the Palestinians fail their obligations), and he doesn't "like the Roadmap".
No wonder fat-boy thinks it should be the only diplomatic game in town. :eyes:
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