That's putting it mildly. He was a terrorist. ....no less of one than Hussein and bin Laden, in fact.
"it is a cause which has merit...so says President Bush and me, Bushbacker"
lol....yeah, I get it that you support the Prez. You've told me three times now, and your username kinda gives it away. I support him too.
".....so the UN can honor that cause without honoring Arafat"
Lowering the UN flag to half-staff on the day of Arafat's death honors the man himself, and that man was a terrorist hellbent on the destruction of Israel (and a man who has ordered the death of many American citizens). If the UN wants to honor the Palestinian cause there are plenty of better ways of doing it than honoring a man who cared not one whit for peace.
"Arafat was corrupt...."
T
hat's putting it mildly. He was a terrorist. ....no less of one than Hussein and bin Laden, in fact.
___False...they were associated with evil causes, and Arafat (even
if he had ulterior motives) was associated with a meritorious cause.
"it is a cause which has merit...so says President Bush and me, Bushbacker"
lol....yeah, I get it that you support the Prez. You've told me three times now, and your username kinda gives it away. I support him ttoo.
____And he supports a Palestinian
state, at peace with Israel...I jjust keep mentioning his because I don't think people on this group
want such a state and there is a lot of Arab-hating and Islam-bashing here...so it's always necessary to point that Bush's views are contrary to that.
".....
so the UN can honor that cause without honoring Arafat"
L
owering the UN flag to half-staff on the day of Arafat's death honors the man himself, and that man was a terrorist hellbent on the destruction of Israel (and a man who has ordered the death of many American citizens). If the UN wants to honor the Palestinian cause there are plenty of better ways of doing it than honoring a man who cared not one whit for peace.
___Well, I think the flag can also be construed as acknowledging the cause...but why all this focus on Arafat and a UN flag...what does this have to do with American conservatism???
AArafat's dead...now there's a chance for peace, which--if it happens---will relieve the US of
constantly getting dragged into a conflict which is truly separate from our war against global terror.
Well put -- in a nutshell.
The charlatan Arafat betrayed his own people and took them and the UN to the cleaners (and the UN and France are NOT about to admit they were flim-flammed by Arafat for 30 years, are they?)