Yet another major intelligence official admits that the peace process failed because of Arafat:
We’re not exactly talking about a neoconservative here – this is coming from the guy who threatened to resign if Clinton put Pollard on the table during the Wye negotiations. Although this adds to the near unanimous consensus among major figures who dealt with Arafat, we have no doubt that Israel haters will find a way to blame the Jewish State for Palestinian intransigence . We also have no doubt that suspicions about Palestinian intentions will be dismissed by international sophisticates just as quickly the next chance they get.
You know, when most people are proved spectacularly wrong and their opponents proven exactly right, they become a little more circumspect before again taking exactly the same position. Not diplomats, activists, and academics who pressure Israel though – they seem ready to be wrong exactly the same way over and over again.
References:
* Tenet blames Arafat for being ‘barrier to peace’ [JPost]
* Clinton: If Arafat Hamas Will Pretend to Want Peace, Israel Should Give Up Territory
Previously:
* Declassified Shocker: Arafat Ordered Murder Of US Diplomats
* Turns Out, Arafat Wasn’t Really Interested in Peace After All
* The Denial of the Obvious By Reference to the Irrelevant: Center-Left Foreign Policy and Democratic Politics
Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit
