[Amelia]

Condi on MTP: "This is an effort to get Arafat to use the mechanisms that have been given him [i.e. the Tenet plan, etc.]"

Timmy asks her about evidence Arafat has been controlling the suicide bombers. "Clearly Arafat must deal with the terrorists & violence in his midst. We've been open about our concerns...Chairman Arafat cannot have it both ways...the President was as clear about that as any President has ever been...to the degree that there is a connection between the PA and terrorism, it has got to stop."

[Amelia]

Condi lauds some of the Arabs in the middle East for helping with the war on terror, but says some could do more (sounded to me as if she was saying that she knew that some of the Arab states were backing the terrorists, but since they are claiming to be our friends, she would give them a small pat on the back for public consumption -- along with that "pinch from Mom" that isn't real obvious to everyone else but tells you you'd better behave NOW...)

[StriperSniper]

"This is an effort to get Arafat to use the mechanisms that have been given him

(MTP just came on for me) I think Condi showed some of the 'strategery', when she said that arafart had gained stature and had to use it. He has now been given the chance to lead, if he won't nobody can say he wasn't given the opportunity.