If Arafat wanted Palestinian statehood he would accepted the Barak/Clinton deal -- an incredible deal (for the Palestinians),,,
__It's hard to say what the deal
was...according to Richard Ben Cramer, it involved dividing the West Bank into 3 regions all separated by Israeli-controlled
spaces...Arafat could never accept that..that was occupation in another form
that's never likely to be presented again. This rejection led rational people to conclude that Arafat didn't want either peace or a Palestinian state (unless it was built upon the dead bodies of every Jew in Israel),
but a perpetual state of war..
__I said Arafat was corrupt...but his cause wasn't...which is why he differs from Saddam Hussein...he was a failure,,,he could have become a statesman...but he couldnt handle it and reverted to his old ways...
The cause of a Palestinian state for a stateless group of people is supported by President Bush.
All sources I've read say that Arafat was given nearly everything he wanted, but rejected it. I highly doubt he expected to be given such a deal, and he most likely was ill-prepared when it happened.
"I said Arafat was corrupt...but his cause wasn't."
I know what you said. But you continue to naiviely assume that Arafat's cause was Palestinian statehood (which is indeed a just cause), not the destruction of Israel and a perpetual state of war.