Ok, respect his position in the eyes of his people....not necessarily what he stood for.
Still.....isn't it a pity that "his people" respected and loved a terrorist? If peace begins to blossom as we all hope it will, history will forever judge Arafat as the roadblock that, once removed, gave peace a chance. That'd be a perfect ending for his legacy, if you ask me. > His position at having led the Palestinian people for the last 5 > decades. They respect and love him. He's the symbolic leader of > their struggle and it's my view that nothing will be accomplished by > denigrating the symbolic leader of a people. For example: > > "For 50 years, he's been leading our struggle," said Muhammad Abu > Majdi, 55, who runs a stationery shop in the Kalandia refugee camp > here. He called the death "our irreplaceable loss." But, he > continued: "May God have mercy on him. We hope that this will be a new > beginning, of a new era of peace." > > > This is the exact sentiment that the US can capitalize on. I think > Sec Powell did a good job: > > "We know that, in the eyes of the Palestinian people, Arafat embodied > their hopes and dreams for the achievement of an independent > Palestinian state," Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135695 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
