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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (24972)4/13/2002 4:03:44 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
So I point out that Falk's picture is entirely disconnected from reality of Arafat's actual behavior, and you answer that he "is one of our better international moralists right now." Don't moralists have a duty to connect themselves to the facts before making judgements? If he's one of the better ones, heaven shield us from the poor ones.

Yes, I think there is it an important distinction that the Palestinians reverted to terrorism, and did so when they were far from desperate, abandoning negotiations that were offering them over 90% of their proclaimed goals. If you do not see any difference, there is nothing much to talk about.

Michael Walzer said it best when he said (I'm quoting from memory), "terrorists who say that they have no choice but terrorism are lying to themselves and us. What exactly did they try when they were trying everything else, before resorting to killing?"
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