Ok, Galbraith. Arafat is a bad man. He is a crook and he stole some money. Are you saying that these things justify the massive human rights abuses that Israel is perpetrating against the Palestinians? Because if you are, you would be advocating collective punishment, and I'm sure Hitler would be proud of you for that. People keep using Arafat to justify Israel treating the Palestinians worse than they would treat their livestock.

CarolC put a lot of words into my mouth that have nothing to do with what I said.

My post dealt with one issue, and one issue only: Arafat's personal corruption and the proportionate effect of that corruption on his own people. CarolC then says that I used that corruption to justify human rights abuses on the part of Israel against the Palestinians.

THAT, CAROLC, IS UTTER NONSENSE AND YOU KNOW IT!

As any one who has read the post know, I did not even mention Israel. I dealt only with Arafat.

Then CarolC states that "Hitler would be proud" of me.

THAT, CAROLC, IS UTTERLY DESPICABLE AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!

I made a completely rational post about Arafat's corruption and for that CarolC infers that I'm a Nazi. Such techniques are the last resort of someone unprepared for civilized debate.