A post by Maynard
This Radar article, “Gaza Stripped”, gives a quick look at how Yasir Arafat turned the misery of the Palestinians into an enormous money machine. You can see how and why there’s a huge vested interest in never solving the regional problems, and in fact perpetuating them.
We all know that Arafat was a despicable creature who brought privation and death wherever he trod. And yet the West paid him and wooed him and paid him some more, praying that an appeased terrorist would somehow become a reformed terrorist. But all we got for our money was a rich terrorist, with a Nobel Prize on his shelf.
For the record, let’s remember how Kaare Kristiansen resigned from the Nobel Committee rather than reward a homicidal maniac with a prize for “peace”. But such moral clarity is sadly a minority position. Far too many people are in sympathy with, for example, the BBC reporter who had this reaction to Arafat’s final evacuation: “…when the helicopter carrying the frail old man rose above his ruined compound, I started to cry…” (Although she does go on to acknowledge that Arafat “made mistakes” and “missed opportunities”.)
