[set the record straight]

Being determined to stop the terrorists and trying to stop the terrorists are two different things, just as playing in the NFL and trying to play in the NFL are. This is political advertisong for Ararfat and the NY Times. The Times is derelict for aloowing a dictator to use their medium to espouse his blather.

[Catspaw]

I need at least one more cup of coffee before I start parsing his words, but it's usually not worth the effort. The usual pattern of Arafat and all of his spokesmouths is to deny, deflect and blame it on the Jews.