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Mavdog · 03-09-2004, 01:20 PM

As much as I agree that Arafat is a murderous thief who is NO statesman but rather has led his constituency into depths which they may never recover, wasting not only time and money but also hundreds/thousands of lives...who is there to deal with? The moderates have been systematically either marginalized/ostracized or worse eliminated. The palestinians have been so radicalized it is a good question if they will ever accept peace, and there's a good question if the "leaders" such as Arafat would ever truly want peace as their basis for being "leaders" would be gone.

So the question is if an Israeli leader really wants to find a peace agreement with the Palestinians, who would they deal with? Arafat? he's no real peace partner. A lacky Arafat allows to be the Palestinian head? no deal without Arafat's blessing, so no deal. Hezbollah? not in any manner. Anybody left?

A depressing situation....

03-09-2004, 01:20 PM	#4
Mavdog Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 6,014	RE:Kerry Shifts His Views on Arafat As much as I agree that Arafat is a murderous thief who is NO statesman but rather has led his constituency into depths which they may never recover, wasting not only time and money but also hundreds/thousands of lives...who is there to deal with? The moderates have been systematically either marginalized/ostracized or worse eliminated. The palestinians have been so radicalized it is a good question if they will ever accept peace, and there's a good question if the "leaders" such as Arafat would ever truly want peace as their basis for being "leaders" would be gone. So the question is if an Israeli leader really wants to find a peace agreement with the Palestinians, who would they deal with? Arafat? he's no real peace partner. A lacky Arafat allows to be the Palestinian head? no deal without Arafat's blessing, so no deal. Hezbollah? not in any manner. Anybody left? A depressing situation....