Sharon's Gaza Withdrawal – Made in Washington?
 
 One commonly-made point by readers is that the Israeli decision to withdraw from Gaza "was a Dictatum from Washington." But that is not so. The Bush administration initially received the Gaza initiative coolly, seeing it (correctly) as fundamentally differing from its own Roadmap. Eventually, Washington came around and accepted it but there is no way to see the Gaza withdrawal as "Made in Washington."
 
Full article at: http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/441
 
See also:  Ariel Sharon's Folly at: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2498
 
 
 
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