March 12, 2003

Is This The Golden Handshake?

Arab news sources ... such as this article in Ha'aetz -- are reporting that the Arab delegation heading to Baghdad this Friday for talks with Hussein will go forth without the participation of Syria and Lebanon. The delegation claims:

The proposals would not range outside the resolutions of the Arab summit, which called for more cooperation from Iraq and more time for UN inspections of the country's weapons sites ... the delegation would not discuss the proposal that Saddam go into exile - an idea endorsed by several Arab Gulf states.

Really? I've believed for some time that as war became more likely, the likelihood of Hussein accepting either a "golden handshake" in the form of exile, or a "silver bullet" in the form of assassination, would also become more likely.

Are we to really believe that a delegation of Arab ambassadors could spend time in Baghdad on the eve of war and not offer Hussein the first in strong contrast to the second? We can only hope not, and that Hussein can find a role model in Idi Amin.

Posted by Avocare at March 12, 2003 02:54 PM
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