Then you didn't see the same piece I saw......for every trivial good thing they had to say about him, they had 2 or 3 bad things to say. I believe I was watching CBS when they broke the news. They ran a little 5 minute history of his high and low points....many more low than high.
It did a good job of encapsulating decades of hate and violence. > Well, Arafat is dead. The man raped his own people for money, invented airline > hijacking, killed more Jews this side of the Nazis and now all that is being > 'forgotten'. I read all over the place how he was a symbol of his peoples desire > for independence, peace and/or equality. Nothing said about his attempt to take > over Jordan which resulted in more Palestinians being killed than in many years > of their intefata. No mention of his support for Saddam during gulf war 1. No > mention of his hand in the hell that was Lebanon. No mention of his direct hand > in terrorism even after getting the Nobel peace prize (now a hollow prize > because of him). No mention of all the things that he's done. Only the > 'illusion' of a statesman. > Makes me sick to my stomach. > > -- > Michael Dinowitz > House of Fusion > http://www.houseoffusion.com > Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had yet > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135405 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
