Leonard S. Berkowitz writes - Ariel Sharon has been elected twice in free and open elections in the only democracy in the Middle East. ----------- Just FYI, Turkey is also a democracy, and is probably the only Islamic nation in the Middle East to be on good terms with Israel * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *