Lunchbox Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 YASSER ARAFAT died at age 75, lying in bed surrounded by familiar faces. He left this world peacefully, unlike the thousands of victims he sent to early graves. In a better world, the PLO chief would have met his end on a gallows, hanged for mass murder much as the Nazi chiefs were hanged at Nuremberg. In a better world, the French president would not have paid a visit to the bedside of such a monster. In a better world, George Bush would not have said, on hearing the first reports that Arafat had died, "God bless his soul." God bless his soul? What a grotesque idea! Bless the soul of the man who brought modern terrorism to the world? Who sent his agents to slaughter athletes at the Olympics, blow airliners out of the sky, bomb schools and pizzerias, machine-gun passengers in airline terminals? Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction? Who inculcated the vilest culture of Jew-hatred since the Third Reich? Human beings might stoop to bless a creature so evil -- as indeed Arafat was blessed, with money, deference, even a Nobel Prize -- but God, I am quite sure, will damn him for eternity. Arafat always inspired flights of nonsense from Western journalists, and his last two weeks were no exception. Derek Brown wrote in The Guardian that Arafat's "undisputed courage as a guerrilla leader" was exceeded only "by his extraordinary courage" as a peace negotiator. But it is an odd kind of courage that expresses itself in shooting unarmed victims -- or in signing peace accords and then flagrantly violating their terms. Another commentator, columnist Gwynne Dyer, asked, "So what did Arafat do right?" The answer: He drew worldwide attention to the Palestinian cause, "for the most part by successful acts of terror." In other words, butchering innocent human beings was "right," since it served an ulterior political motive. No doubt that thought brings daily comfort to all those who were forced to bury a child, parent, or spouse because of Arafat's "successful" terrorism. Some journalists couldn't wait for Arafat's actual death to begin weeping for him. Take the BBC's Barbara Plett, who burst into tears on the day he was airlifted out of the West Bank. "When the helicopter carrying the frail old man rose above his ruined compound," Plett reported from Ramallah, "I started to cry." Normal people don't weep for brutal murderers, but Plett made it clear that her empathy for Arafat -- whom she praised as "a symbol of Palestinian unity, steadfastness, and resistance" -- was heartfelt: "I remember well when the Israelis re-conquered the West Bank more than two years ago, how they drove their tanks and bulldozers into Mr. Arafat's headquarters, trapping him in a few rooms, and throwing a military curtain around Ramallah. I remember how Palestinians admired his refusal to flee under fire. They told me: `Our leader is sharing our pain, we are all under the same siege.' And so was I." Such is the state of journalism at the BBC, whose reporters do not seem to have any trouble reporting, dry-eyed, on the plight of Arafat's victims. (That is, when they mention them -- which Plett's teary bon voyage to Arafat did not.) And what about those victims? Why were they scarcely remembered in this Arafat death watch? How is it possible to reflect on Arafat's most enduring legacy -- the rise of modern terrorism -- without recalling the legions of men, women, and children whose lives he and his followers destroyed? If Osama bin Laden were on his deathbed, would we neglect to mention all those he murdered on 9/11? It would take an encyclopedia to catalog all of the evil Arafat committed. But that is no excuse for not trying to recall at least some of it. Perhaps his signal contribution to the practice of political terror was the introduction of warfare against children. On one black date in May 1974, three PLO terrorists slipped from Lebanon into the northern Israeli town of Ma'alot. They murdered two parents and a child whom they found at home, then seized a local school, taking more than 100 boys and girls hostage and threatening to kill them unless a number of imprisoned terrorists were released. When Israeli troops attempted a rescue, the terrorists exploded hand grenades and opened fire on the students. By the time the horror ended, 25 people were dead; 21 of them were children. Thirty years later, no one speaks of Ma'alot anymore. The dead children have been forgotten. Everyone knows Arafat's name, but who ever recalls the names of his victims? So let us recall them: Ilana Turgeman. Rachel Aputa. Yocheved Mazoz. Sarah Ben-Shim'on. Yona Sabag. Yafa Cohen. Shoshana Cohen. Michal Sitrok. Malka Amrosy. Aviva Saada. Yocheved Diyi. Yaakov Levi. Yaakov Kabla. Rina Cohen. Ilana Ne'eman. Sarah Madar. Tamar Dahan. Sarah Soper. Lili Morad. David Madar. Yehudit Madar. The 21 dead children of Ma'alot -- 21 of the thousands of who died at Arafat's command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Cheef Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 One more time!! Feed him to the pigs!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I'm not one to celebrate the demise of another. But, this time, I'll make an exception. So Long, you fucking rat bastard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I'm not one to celebrate the demise of another. But, this time, I'll make an exception. So Long, you fucking rat bastard... If you ever needed another reason to hate France the frogs gave it to you today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I hear HATE in all them words......n with all the rotton SOBs in this world,.....I can't waste my time doin that, however, I do hate,& wish bad things to them folk @ IMC for ruining the image of INDIAN!!!! & fuk'n me outta 30Gs........... :veryangry: I say we feed them to the pigs........rotten basturds!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Cheef Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 DAMN charger!! I thought I could hold a grudge pretty good! We got to ride together sometime. I need some pointers on how to stay focused on being pissed off at the old IMC, They made a laughing stock of a legend, and deserve nothing but scorn. Forget the pigs--let's feed those bastards to the HOGS :veryangry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkchop Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 He died from Aids....Good riddance! :veryangry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catthief31 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I was listening to Howard Stern the other morning when news was announced of Arafat's illness. Someone mentioned that there was concern amongst Arafat's people that he might die on a Jewish holiday, to which Stern replied, whatever day Arafat dies will be a Jewish holiday. Priceless! I am amazed at the outpouring of sympathy from around the world for this butcher. Now I hear his widow has "negotiated" a settlement with the PLO to provide her with upwards of $22-28 million dollars a year to live? Arafat killed, stole, and obviously fooled the world and his own people, yet he is a hero to so many? Proves to me this problem will never have an ending. Anyone else watching the "funeral" this morning hopefully anticipate Israel to start picking off some of the "martryr brigades" as they departed? Now that would have been good television. Of course, now some blame Israel for poisioning him? I hope not, that would have been too good for him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_ikonboard Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 I am amazed at the outpouring of sympathy from around the world for this butcher. Now I hear his widow has "negotiated" a settlement with the PLO to provide her with upwards of $22-28 million dollars a year to live? Arafat killed, stole, and obviously fooled the world and his own people, yet he is a hero to so many? Proves to me this problem will never have an ending. It is the "gotta root for the underdog and hate the big dog no matter who is right". It happens to much IMHO. "What's right is right and this is wrong. And if we don't watch out we will all be gone. Who is going to pay the price? You and I, we're the ones." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whadayawant Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Just shows ya how busy the true God really is. Took him 75 years to finally get around to killing that islamic piece of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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