I've been reading the reviews of President Bush's "Yasser Must Go" speech yesterday and, I must say, I'm surprised at the unanimity of approval. No doubt we'll be treated to the nattering nabobs again...."It's been a month and you haven't solved the Middle East crisis yet!". But they've had to reluctantly give him credit for finally calling for Arafat's ouster. The MediaCrats will never acknowledge that it was Clinton who oversaw the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (after Oslo)...and it's left to Bush to undo the damage that move has caused.
I think it is now imperative to give this "process" time for the Palestinians to convince themselves it was their own idea to get rid of Arafat. (My bet, within a year, he's gone!) And I believe it's very likely this speech will go down in history with Reagan's "Tear Down this Wall" and FDR's "Fear Itself" speeches.
