Courage, conviction of Israel’s prime minister
Re “Sharon Clinging to Life,” Jan. 5
Not unlike a powerful tsunami, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s departure from the Middle East’s political landscape will cause reverberations to be felt ‘round the world for many years to come. Like Winston Churchill before him, Sharon will be remembered as a man of courage, conviction, vision and leadership.
Though not without sin or detractors, few men have done more in recent memory to begin a meaningful peace process in the Middle East and, by extension, spark a ray of hope for reduced Western-Arab tensions throughout the civilized world. Indeed, even now as his once-powerful life force ebbs, that world has become a far more fragile and dangerous place in the large void Sharon leaves behind.
MARK ROTHSCHILD
Los Angeles
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