The AP's rundown of world reaction to the death of Arafat, Arafat death draws mixed world reaction, contains the usual namby-pamby remarks you'd expect from world leaders, old George not excepted. However, just when you think that no one would say anything close to the truth, up steps Australian P.M. Howard:
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said history would judge Arafat harshly.
Arafat could have helped secure Middle East peace by accepting a deal in 2000 that would have resulted in the Israelis "agreeing to about 90 percent of what the Palestinians had wanted," said Howard, who added that he found it hard to believe that Arafat could not have done more to restrain terrorists.
My own view might be even harsher. The best thing you can say about the man is that he was unable to stem the tide of violence and murder directed at innocents that he helped begin. What a legacy.
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