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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (46819)9/25/2002 6:00:13 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Nadine, here's the problem, I think:

But what makes no sense is to treat Mr. Arafat as if he's totally irrelevant and totally responsible.

Actually, I think this does make sense if you think Arafat is irrelevant to any solution to the conflict and that he is responsible for the degeneration of Palestinian and Israeli life.

It certainly does make sense if you believe his response to just about everything is violent. His track record shows this. What good is he to anyone - Palestinian or Israeli?

The most prominent North American pro-Palestinian commentator, Said, has been saying for about a decade that Arafat is NFG, a thug, a thief, and a millstone tied to Palestinians' futures. He and Sharon probably don't agree on much else, but they do have the same view on Arafat - he's in the way.
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