suppose your friend yitzhak rabin had lived. do you think we would have peace by now? it's... i mean, that he was killed was a tragedy for us. and really affected the process. i think if he would be alive it would be more advanced. i can't speak in absolute terms because it's hard. the new situation is not the creation of the prime minister the new era of world, the new iran, these are new problems. >> rose: would it have been different if eric sharon who understood the demographic argument and clearly was in... had an evolving point of view if he had not suffered the illness he does? >> well, i'm tempted to make it diplomatic but i'll make something very clear. sharon surprised me, too. i never thought sharon would be the man that would leave gaza willingly so i got a surprise. ask me what other surprises sharon could do, i don't know. (laughter) but i know he's capable to surprise. i think it's a complex and fascinating fapl that and nobody can say for sure about yourself or somebody else. clearly you can see people who can make decisions and ben-gurion charges people not in