[dawn53]

There's a great thread posted by kattracks about How Arafat Blew It, by Thomas Lipscomb.

Here's a great quote from the article:

The essence of understanding "oriental war" is watching what the participants do rather than what they say -- a talent lacking in journalists and intellectuals with a primary talent for arguing over the parsing of political statements only they take seriously

[The Great Satan]

The essence of understanding "oriental war" is watching what the participants do rather than what they say -- a talent lacking in journalists and intellectuals with a primary talent for arguing over the parsing of political statements only they take seriously

Bingo! The only quibble I would have is that this is not just the nature of "oriental war," but of all war or, indeed, all human action.