RIGHTWINGSPARKLE

I was sitting here wondering exactly how to say what I felt about Arafat's death and then how to express the disgust I felt over what former President Jimmy Carter said about Arafat. And then I went to Protein Wisdom and Jeff said it all so well. I usually don't allow the "F" word here, but in this case, Jeff gets a pass.

“Former US President Jimmy Carter calls Arafat a ‘powerful human symbol,’” AFP:
Former US President Jimmy Carter called Yasser Arafat “a powerful human symbol and forceful advocate” who united Palestinians in their pursuit of a homeland.
“Yasser Arafat’s death marks the end of an era and will no doubt be painfully felt by Palestinians throughout the Middle East and elsewhere in the world,” Carter said.
“He was the father of the modern Palestinian nationalist movement. A powerful human symbol and forceful advocate, Palestinians united behind him in their pursuit of a homeland,” "he said in a statement distributed by his Atlanta, Georgia-based Carter Center.Then the linoleum-toothed Castro groupie let go a single, poignant tear.

Reached for comment, pieces of dead Israeli school children blown to bits by Arafat-directed suicide bombers over the years asked if former President Carter “wouldn’t mind fucking right off.” Only they said it in Hebrew."-Protein Wisdom
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