[LEMONS] 10.08.2001
I guess Arafat has chosen sides. This is pretty interesting to me. It's the first blood spilled by someone other than Al Quidah or the US, and it's Arab vs, Arab. It seemd to me Arafat made a pragmatic, long-sighted choice to go with the rule of law (at least now) over Islamic unity (or even Arabic, Osama is from Saudi, remember?). This is tragic all around. I mean, a 13 year old kid? Fuck. But what I really wonder is what the USA is going to owe Arafat. Did we make him a too-good-to-be-true offer? The Palestine situation is the key to keeping the Islamic community from turning away from the USA en masse, IMO. And although I think that Israel is a repressive state, and one that as a matter of policy murders innocents, I'm not exactly comfortable with cutting sweetheart deals with Arafat. I'll never forget the story my frined Eddie told me of his friend who was blown up on a beach in Israel, splattering gore on him. She was killed by a PLO bomb. No matter who you side with there, Arafat or Israel, you're siding with a bad guy, someonw who has the blood of children on their hands. Same thing with the Northern Alliance, Just as Osama and Sadam were once allies. Not that I have answers, just questions. I'm glad I'm not in charge right now.
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