[IMC-Editorial] Letter on Bush's Meeting with Sharon and Abbas

[ARI Media]

Dear Editor:

President Bush's meeting with Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan
last week was a huge mistake and a betrayal of the principle that
terrorists should not be negotiated with but eradicated.

Negotiations are proper only between individuals who are open to
reason, who respect each other's rights, and whose purpose is to
exchange values for mutual benefit, without coercion.

But the Palestinian leadership--religious and secular--is rabidly
irrational, has no respect for the rights of Israelis (or
Palestinians) to their lives and property, and seeks, by means of
terrorism, to blackmail Israel into surrendering its land for nothing
but empty promises to stop the violence.

The Palestinian regime under Arafat has always been and still is a
terrorist regime. Arafat's appointment of Mahmoud Abbas as "prime
minister" changed nothing.

President Bush's push for the creation of a Palestinian state is a big
setback in America's own war against terrorism, since a Palestinian
state would be another terrorist state to deal with. Moreover, the
president's move sends our enemies the message that terrorism pays.

If President Bush is serious about keeping his promise to "rid the
world of terror," he should abandon the idea of creating a Palestinian
state and start supporting the eradication of the Palestinian regime.

Sincerely,

David Holcberg
Ayn Rand Institute
Irvine, CA  92606
United States
949-222-6550 ext. 226
davidh at aynrand.org

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