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Yeah...what's sickening is that EVERY news sation is treating him like some sort great leader.
Only BBC offered a complete telling of what's known og his life: both his pitfalls and startyliing comebacks. Man, he sure lost a lot of face when he backed Saddam in the first Gulf War.
Any effectivness he once had at leading his people vanished after he rejected Clinton's big peace proposals in washington and he was just a prisoner since then.
Amazingly, no one's come forward to say what a scumbag he really was: they're revering him as a "hero to arabs everywhere".
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I also heard Bush's take on the situation, in that press conference with Blair, today?
Bush really sounded like he spoke through clenched teeth when acknowledging Yassir's worth to the Palestinians. When he said "Palestine has lost one of their great leaders and will go through a time of mourning now" he stared down, on his shoes almost. Then he said they were going to put more effort in the peace talks. I don't know if he truly meant it or simply paid lip service because everyone and their mother is saying "what a great time this would be for new peacetalks!", but obviously he can afford to be more generous now.
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Everyone involved in the many failed peace processes (it seems) really looks at this as more an chance for peace than a real tragedy. Whoever can broker a peace now is grabbing the brass ring of popularity in the region and everyone wants in. I would;nt be a bit suprised to see CLinton offer his name to a plan (along with his forme advisors that *nearly* pulled off the last one).
Sharon's adminsiatration has been pretty damn restrained during all this: gotta give them credit there. A lot of violence that would have been retaliated against a week ago has been walked away from this week by Israli military. No bombings yet though: thanks whatever gods you'd like for that.
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Someone on the radio today mentioned how Arafat looked like a really old Ringo Star.
It's creepy, but....true.
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quote:Originally posted by Veers: The question is, what did he look like without his headscarf?
He would still have had on his tinfoil beannie to keep out Mossad's mind reading....
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