How long would I last before I get fired or, worse, neutered and lose my mind?' Consider it a litmus test: Any candidate willing to accept this road to failure is automatically disqualified as being too weak.
Haven't we heard that Arafat accepted the road map?
The Palestinian authority has accepted the road map, we will honour the road map.
If both sides accepted the road map, why can't we begin the implementation?
Well, haven't we heard, [Israeli prime minister Ariel] Sharon accepts the road map?
"What is required of Israel is to accept the road map.
But it is up to the Israeli official government to sincerely accept the road map," he said.
He added, "It's the main issue for us in the road map, and Sharon's statement just reflects that he does not accept the road map".
Although Syria said it had accepted the road map, the league's deputy secretary general, Ahmed Ben Heli, told Al Arabiya, a television news channel, that the group was still awaiting Syria's response.
While accepted by the Israeli cabinet, it is not clear if Mr Sharon has genuinely accepted the road map, is accepting it to ride out the current US pressure on him to accept it, or is accepting it in the expectation it will not work and, therefore, does not matter.
