Posted on 11/15/2004 1:56:09 AM PST by Oreo Kookey
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the remarkable Yasser Arafat is that he died a natural death at the age of 75. (The good die young.) For 40 years, ever since he planted his first bomb in Galilee, violence had been his hallmark. More than a hallmark, it was his goal and obsession, his be-all and end-all and every breath - especially when he would talk about peace. Because by peace, he meant a pause in the hostilities long enough to gather his forces for the final battle of annihilation.
Until then, he would settle for whatever terror he could sow, blowing up schoolhouses and school buses, families at Passover seders, airliners full of un-suspecting passengers, old men and mothers-to-be . . . . He wasn't particular. An American diplomat or two in Khartoum, Israeli athletes at the Olympics, they made fine victims, too. Call him an equal-opportunity killer....
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Hey did they rename the website? =o)
Peace will come to the Mid-east when Israel is transplanted to the State of Texas.
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