Given the dynamic of hatred he has created, there is no way Arafat can tell his people not to shoot at soldiers. By declaring a cease-fire, Yasser Arafat indicated that he may be willing to accept the gradual termination of the intifada. What American women wore in the early part of the century was the ultimate test of their Christian character, especially if they were Jewish. Today we focus on Afghanistan. But the battle is broader.
Every nation has a choice to make.
In this conflict there is no neutral ground. If any government sponsors the outlaws and killers of innocents, they have become outlaws and murderers themselves. And they will take that lonely path at their own peril. President Bush, on October 7, setting out the wider goals of the U.S.-led assault on terror, as strikes against Afghanistan got under way. I swear to God that America will not live in peace before peace reigns in Palestine, and before all the army of infidels depart the land of Mohammad.