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Middle East
Arafat's problems...
2002-01-23
  • According to an AP article: "Arafat's confinement has further complicated his efforts to run the chaotic, impoverished Palestinian territories in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and the confrontation with his longtime rival, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, shows no signs of easing."
    It seems pretty obvious that if Arafat would hang up his shootin' iron (he still wears it) and actually try running a government instead of a High Command, and the hard boys went to school or got jobs instead of spending all their waking hours on jihad, then the Palestinian territories wouldn't be quite so "chaotic" and "impoverished." It really is terrible, just terrible, but it has nothing to do with us. If Albert shoots himself in the foot, Bob has no reason to say, "Ow," does he?
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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