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 Charles Parselle,   Los Angeless CA  charles@parselle.com      03/18/06 
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If war is continuation of diplomacy by other means, and negotiation is war waged with kisses, then the only difference is the quality of the communication - bullets vs. words - plus war's insistence that there be a definite result. Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel is a 'position,' and Israel's reluctance to talk with Hamas is also a position. The characteristic of 'position' is immobility; the reason for communication is movement. Personally, I would prefer to talk with someone who doesn't recogize my existence, than be blown up by the same person who doesn't recognize my existence. So I would talk with Hamas; then the problem becomes Hamas' problem - how to communicate with what they purportedly regard as 'non-existent.'
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