As for all the talk about Arafat you seem to wish to have, find someone else to talk with about him. And, perhaps, someone with "moral clarity." My supply ran out sometime back.
My supply is quite low, too, but it doesn't keep me from trying to re-supply. Looking at facts objectively, or as objectively as one can, is the only way, Prof.
How much "moral clarity" does it take to condemn someone who allows children to become suicide bombers?
Arafat is defensible only insofar as he is a lightning rod for the Palestinians. His blunders and missteps of the past few years suggest that he has a barely hidden agenda, i.e., the destruction of Israel as a viable nation. This maximalist agenda is unrealistic and irrational, not to mention unachievable. He is, in my opinion, wedded to it despite the crystal-clear fact that he will not destroy Israel. As a result, his effectiveness no longer exists, not that he was very effective in the first instance. If the Palestinians voluntarily or involuntarily continue to follow him, they will suffer more than they have already suffered, which is a great deal.
The only question which interests me is whether he will be succeeded by someone just as bad or whether rationality will prevail. |
