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MikeG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 09:12 PM
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What Arafat should have done is what Gandhi did. Nonviolent protest.
Peaceful disobedience.
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whalerider55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 09:16 PM
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1. I remember...
him addressing the United Nations in the seventies, wearing a pair of pistols.

when the choice came between a legacy of peace or a fat bank account, Arafat went Swiss. What he did to pull the Palesteinian Nation into coherence was commendable, and what he did to keep them homeless and bleeding was contemptable.

may he rest in peace.

whalerider55
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 09:18 PM
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3. May he wander in hell for eternity.
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 09:16 PM
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2. Would have rallied FAR MORE of the world to his peoples' cause..
Than his fellow Arabs, other Moslems and the U.S.S.R.!:eyes:

He also, tragically, blew it with Clinton and Barak--and I think the sadness over the realization of that failure--and what it ended up costing his people--hastened his death.

B-)
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 09:19 PM
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4. Ah, you believe he negotiated in good faith.
He didn't. Not ever.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 10:44 PM
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5. well that's good enough for us!
I'm glad you're like Bush and able to see into men's souls! :thumbsup:
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 10:46 PM
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6. peaceful disobedience
Edited on Thu Nov-11-04 10:47 PM by Djinn
only works in particular circumstances - they are not available in Palestine.

probably the same reasons Zionists didn't utilise non violence in the 1940's.
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Lithos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-11-04 11:01 PM
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7. Locking per I/P guidelines
Not based on a recent news or op-ed article.

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