re: Not really.

Tom Brosz — 1/26/2006 8:07:49 PM (archived)

The hallucination that Arafat had the least interest in peace with Israel has been an obstacle to real peace for years. Arafat talked peace while smuggling arms, and diverting aid to the Palestinians to his own personal coffers.

For decades world leaders have participated in the farce of pretending Arafat and his goons were serious leaders with serious goals, and have had it blow up in their face over and over again, sometimes literally. Democratic presidents, Republican presidents, liberal Israeli leaders, conservative Israeli leaders. All of them tried over the years. The one variable that never changed was Arafat.

Clinton kissed Arafat's hind end. What did it get him? What did it get any president, or leader of Israel?

I don't think failure to kiss Arafat's hind end is a valid factor in any supposed Bush policy failure in the Middle East.

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The fruits of the Bush foreign policy: Another Islamist state in the Middle East - Donald - 1/26/2006 1:52:44 PM
- re: The Palestinians are stupid fools, and you blame Bush? - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:31:16 PM
  - re: Fun to demonize fellow humans, isn't it? - Raoul - 1/27/2006 10:55:29 PM
  - You know, Scott, a lot of the world said the same thing about Americans when you re-elected GW (n/t) - Laurie Street - 1/27/2006 10:48:57 PM
    - Why, that's a perfect analogy, Laurie. The election of Bush and Hamas. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2006 12:58:01 AM
      - Thanks, Tom - glad you recognize that. - Laurie Street - 1/29/2006 1:26:47 AM
      - Pleased to see you recognize similar problems exist.... - Publius - 1/28/2006 8:24:14 PM
- re: The fruits of the Bush foreign policy: Another Islamist state in the Middle East - azstrummer - 1/26/2006 11:18:50 PM
  - How long do you think it will be before the "Palistinian State" officially joins the "Axis of Evil" - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:53:08 PM
  - Exactly - Donald - 1/27/2006 3:07:58 AM
    - you guys are really going to run with that ball, aren't you? - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 4:07:34 AM
- Looks pretty bad - Buck Galaxy - 1/26/2006 5:28:16 PM
  - My guess is that the new government will announce that they will be joining the Syrian-Iranian aliance. - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:40:05 PM
    - Oh, god- that sums you up wonderfully!!! LOL - R.L. - 1/28/2006 9:56:21 PM
- I'd love to see you explain what would be different if someone else were president. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 5:21:35 PM
  - I'd love to see someone else president............ - Publius - 1/27/2006 5:15:12 PM
  - Well, for one thing... - Donald - 1/26/2006 9:27:55 PM
    - Pointing out something so simple to Tom, Donald......... - Lindy - 1/27/2006 5:26:44 AM
    - re: Well, for one thing... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 9:55:17 PM
      - You keep missing it - Donald - 1/27/2006 2:59:31 AM
      - Obsession with Bush swings both ways - azstrummer - 1/26/2006 11:02:51 PM
  - re: Easy - Raoul - 1/26/2006 7:14:30 PM
    - The news in the US has been censored so long there's no idea. - Bowser - 1/26/2006 8:41:33 PM
      - re: You should write a letter to the Editor of the New York Times. - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 2:34:58 PM
    - re: Not really. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2006 8:07:49 PM
      - re: Palestinians want peace too - Raoul - 1/26/2006 10:33:12 PM
  - So would the rest of us. And anyone interested in peace. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/26/2006 7:03:53 PM
- Doanld, the were already an Islamist state in the Middle East - REB - 1/26/2006 3:21:41 PM
  - re: Bush senior - Bush junior - Raoul - 1/26/2006 10:26:06 PM
    - You got it - Donald - 1/27/2006 3:09:46 AM
      - Of course, by this same argument, we should have kept the Shah of Iran in power. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 4:21:39 AM
        
        We did. - Mary Anne - 1/29/2006 1:41:29 AM
        
        re: But he WAS in power until his health decided otherwise (n/t) - Raoul - 1/27/2006 6:45:12 AM
  - Wrong - Donald - 1/26/2006 9:30:59 PM

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