How can our leaders think that negotiations with Arafat or ANY Palestinian leader will produce anything of lasting signifance for the region when there are still these terrorist outfits fully capable of continuing their attacks, who will not stop until Israel is completely removed from the region? What is Bush thinking? What is Powell thinking? Why waste our time? Inform Arafat to get those terrorists under control, else Sharon will CONTINUE to do the job for him until all terrorists are completely eradicated.
Remember, Powell said we could be open to Taliban participation in the Afghanistan regime. Do you think he or Bush ever really believed that? It's just gamesmanship.