If we were to sign a treaty with the Americans tomorrow envisaging America's full unilateral disarmament and surrender to Russia, they would oppose that as well.
"It would be in their interests to do so, " said Mr Shaikh, envisaging a future where new phones come pre-packaged with the kit necessary to make them usable in the car.
The violence came as the US pushed to gain support for a roadmap envisaging Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank and the creation of a Palestinian state by the end of 2005.
Not surprisingly, those remaining a decade later were in no mood to accept a 1947 U.N. partition plan envisaging a small, 45% Arab, state of Israel, and a Palestinian Arab state in what is now the West Bank.