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November 11, 2004

Pas Simplement Contre la Guerre, Mais de l'autre Côté: Tiers d'une Série.

Chirac does it again:

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac, confirming Yasser Arafat's death, has hailed the Palestinian leader as a man of courage and conviction who embodied the Palestinian struggle for a state.

Yep, nothing says "courage" like ordering the intentional slaughter of innocents. Bravery, thy name was Yasser, indeed.

Feh.

I keep seeing this line of thinking from some elements of the left, that Arafat was brave, a man of conviction, and how - because of that - we should not feel any happiness over his death.

I call poppycock on that*.

It's crazy, I know, but I just can't see the need to admire a man whose courage involved being holed up in Ramallah while directly or indirectly encouraging Israeli passenger buses to go *kaboom*, who had a significant fortune locked away while decrying the anguish of "his people," and whose conviction essentially amounted to "the end justifies the means, particularly if the means involve dead Israelis. Tee hee hee."

Next they'll be wanting to give Osama a pat on the back for his perseverance in the fight against America.

Sorry, but, ding dong at least this terrorist is dead.

Booyah**.

Update: Bill agrees.

* Mainly because "poppycock" is fun to say. Go on, say it with me. Poppycock!

** Said as more of a "take that" statement than a recommendation for a thick chicken stew.