I specifically didn't refer to you, because I'm really not familiar with your posts and you haven't revealed any agenda to me on this thread.
But if you cannot agree that some on this thread want this particular quote to be believed, regardless of whether it is accurate, then I'd argue that you aren't being objective, either.
I wasn't there. But I trust the source, and the quote seem perfectly in context with the type of negotiations (sp?) that are going on. It's time for Yasser to put up or shut up, actually probably too late. It also sounds like Zinni (he's been "criticized" for speaking out before, typical jarhead *hit (LOL-no flames)).
Does my opinion make me unobjective? Do I get assigned to an agenda for it? If I say he could never have said something like that, does that make my objective? I think it makes me stupid.
If he didn't say it, the quote certainly fits the circumstances.