"Washington kept no politicians in 2000" -Arafat

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?

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".