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Priorities, people: Headline: Bad Iraq War News Worries Some in GOP on '06 Vote.
Americans are dying? There's no exit strategy? Quick, let's make sure it doesn't hurt our reelection? Way to keep your eye on the ball.
It's safe to say no one predicted Likud party leader Ariel Sharon would be the one to force a unilateral withdrawl from the Gaza Strip. Nonetheless, here we are, watching as Israeli Defense Forces forcibly evacuate the last few protestors. The Gaza pullout probably won't end the violence, but it does signify a multipartisan commitment to the peace process, which is a momentous change considering just two years ago Sharon ordered the ... um ... "neutralization" of several prominent Hamas members. One the other side of the fense, the pullout won't meet all Palestinian demands. But at least it starts the process of establishing space for a new Palestinian homeland existing alongside Israel.
Is this the biggest piece of non-war international news since the English-Ireland peace accords in 1997? Discuss.
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