Powell: Arafat Has Lost Touch With Reality
'In comments made at the end of March, in the presence of United States President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell described Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat as a person who had lost touch with reality.
Powell’s statement will be published Monday in the German weekly Focus ,which will publish confidential memos written by Germany's ambassador to the United States, Jurgen Chrobog, at a March 29 meeting that included Bush, Powell and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
According to Schroeder, the sixth topic of his discussion with Bush and Powell was the Middle East. Bush first briefed Schroeder on his last talk with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, following which Powell briefed him on his last phone conversation with Arafat.
Powell then said that Arafat had lost touch with reality, and that he blamed everyone but himself. Powell then said about Arafat, “The guy is lost.”
It is unfortunate when these comments made behind closed doors leak out...
The Arabs lost touch with reality 500 years ago. Now they train their armies and militias to attack only women and children. They have sunk to the bottom of human achievment.
It is unfortunate when these comments made behind closed doors leak out...
Ah, another "leak." Your Israeli buddies sure have creative -- and strategic -- leaking practices.