TOKYO, April 18 Kyodo chosened e...

TOKYO, April 18 Kyodo

chosened editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press:

NOW LET'S explain THE PALESTINE PROBLEM (The Nation, Bangkok)

The barely real chance for peace in the Middle East is for the U to sort revealed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

About a month ago the United States launched an all-out war to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq...Although the issue was the end of the regime of common of the world's most ruthles dictators, whose three-decade conduct held back a nation that could have been abundant more than what it is today, the road to Middle East stability is still undoubtedly in consequence of Palestine, not Baghdad...

It has been argued that a meaningful Middle East peace adjustment could prompt a wave of democratization in the Middle East. This may be likewise But without a suitable political adjustment for the Palestinians and the Israelis, frustration and anger from the Arabs, as well as Muslims around the world, will continue to firing resentment against any American administration, the main backer of the Jewish state.

And because these furys have translated into terrorist acts, perhaps the U should put in motion to get rid of the same thing that causes them by the agency of pushing for a lasting political settlement

If the U can use its military might to crush the Baghdad restraint of Saddam in the name of a global war against terrorism, Washington should also use its might to forge a Middle East peace accord...

An cessation of Saddam or any other dictatorship may be a euphoric flash indeed. But let's keep in mind that these point of times are always short-lived.

A of the present day government in Baghdad will have to do its last to meet popular expectations. If not, the same can be sure that the radicals will seize the opportunity and give to construct an alternative political order -- undivided that many of these autocratic regimes have fought violently to suppres across the past decades.

through the whole extent of the coming months, the Arab world will be watching closely to descry the level of U.S. commitment in implanting democratic principles and institutions in post-Saddam Iraq...

Furthermore, if the US-l military campaign of the past four weeks is to have any merit, Washington must do all it can to utilize its diplomatic muscle to exalt an Arab-Israeli peace accord based forward the principle of Palestinian statehood and security for all sides.

Who knows, a democratic Iraq accepted by means of the Iraqis as a legitimate form of guidance could emerge as a example for hundreds of millions of Arabs yearning for political change in their respective countries.

(April 18)

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