Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz was drowned out by chants of "no more Arafat" and booed as he told a crowd of thousands that "innocent Palestinians are suffering and dying as well. It is critical that we recognize and acknowledge that fact."
Guys, I know you're excited and everything, and that the whole "moral equivalence" line thrown out by the State Department is frusterating, but this is Paul Wolfowitz, the uber-hawk, the man the New Yorker fears has a nefarious agenda for imposing American values upon the world, someone who has been working tirelessly to isolate Arafat. Wasn't Marty Peretz or Bill Kristol there? Oy
And another point, shame on us for booing that point. We NEED to acknowledge the suffering of the Palestinian people, and strive for a day when it is ended. What we don't need to acknowledge is the lie that Israeli concessions to Arafat will lessen that suffering one bit.
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