"Washington kept no politicians in 2000" -Arafat :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Rob (United States), Oct 28, 2009 at 16:56

"Washington kept no politicians in 2000" -- I'm no expert on this , but couldn't one make the case that arafat was a "kept politician", supported by the West?

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