A DECADE CAN'T REMOVE THE STENCH:

Rabin and Arafat Seal Their Accord as Clinton Applauds 'Brave Gamble': Old Warriors Now Face Task Of Building Upon Foundation (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, Sept. 13, 1993, The New York Times)

In a triumph of hope over history, Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasir Arafat, the chairman of the P.L.O., shook hands today on the White House lawn, sealing the first agreement between Jews and Palestinians to end their conflict and share the holy land along the River Jordan that they both call home.

This is a reminder, first of all, of why history is always a smart bet. And second of all, that for all the awful things he did as president, perhaps the greatest shame Bill Clinton brought upon the White House was when he let terrorist scum like Yassar Arafat and Gerry Adams through its gates. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 14, 2002 2:05 PM