Posted on 11/04/2004 7:46:17 AM PST by quidnunc
As Yasser Arafat reviews his life from his Paris hospital bed, what do you think he thinks? Does he regard himself as a success or not?
In some senses, he must feel he has failed. He has been waging war on Israel for four decades, and yet Israel is still there, richer and stronger than ever. He has personified Palestinian Arab nationalism — and he has led the Palestinian Arabs from one disaster to another.
Yet the old murderer surely also has abundant cause to feel successful. Once a pariah, a killer, a terrorist, he is now a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a billionaire. His agents hijacked planes, massacred civilians, organized the murder of schoolchildren and Olympic athletes — and even the assassinations of American diplomats. Yet he forced the world to recognize him as a legitimate head of government, and hundreds of millions of people worldwide regard him as the leader of a righteous cause. President Bill Clinton met with Yasser Arafat 24 times in eight years, more often than with any other international political figure. And though recent months have gone badly for him, Arafat has good reason to feel confident that he and his movement will in time recover.
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And yet, even as the international media reports on Arafat's condition with the kind of attention normally reserved for ailing popes, unwelcome possibilities like an AIDS diagnosis go unmentioned.
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I don't really need anything harsher than dead.
G-d will take care of the rest!
Don't stop now...take that final walk.....
That is a good point.
>>That is a good point.<<
....but I wish I could be a fly (or something more heavenly) on the wall when he gets there!!!!!!!!!
Oslo Accords, 1993
The 2000 negotiations
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Arafat beat Clinton like a drum.
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(Clinton 1993, how could anyone be that stupid?)
This just in: ARAFAT IS DEAD!
It is mentioned here too that Arafat may have died of Aids.
I would love to see the surprised look on his face when he sees that Allah has horns.
Arafat can now stand before the Lord Jesus Christ and explain if he thinks his life was a failure or not. I am not the one to judge but if I had to guess, it's going to be an awful hot vacation in eternity for Arafat.
Get us on video, dancing in the streets, passing out candy to children, and rejoicing the end of a monstrously evil man.
Then, edit it all into one tape, and send it to al-Jazeera for broadcast in the Arab media.
Nevertheless,
HALLELUYA!
As Yasser Arafat reviews his life from his Paris hospital bed, what do you think he thinks?
"Roseblood".
Actually, I'm for KEEPING him on life support, say for
5, 10, or 15 years. We have the technology, plus we can
use him to raise funds, have Save the Arafat telethons,
and "Keep Palestinian Hope Alive!".
Imagine trying to take over when you have to wonder if
he could come out of it at any time!!!
Pro 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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