Sympathy for a terro…

Sympathy for a terrorist, part..um…three.

While Yasser Arafat is being remembered by many as the father of modern terrorism, the United Nations headquarters in New York City is honoring the Palestinian leader by lowering its flag to half-mast.

“Deeply moved” by news of his death, U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan gave Arafat a “special tribute” before the General Assembly this afternoon after conveying condolences to his wife and daughter.

“By signing the Oslo accords in 1993 he took a giant step towards the realization of this vision,” Annan said in a statement delivered by a spokesman.

“It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfilled.”

Flags at half-mast for a terrorist? This is truly amazing. Sec. Annan, don’t you think with just the slightest bit of give on his part, Arafat could have easily see the Oslo accords fulfilled rather easily? You worry about President Bush going to war against a guy who filled mass graves, but you’re deeply moved by the death of a guy who killed innocent people by the thousands?

Pardon me if this is shouting, but WHERE IS THE SANITY IN ALL OF THIS? It’s painfully absent, to my reckoning.

(OK, as of now I’m done with Arafat postings. OK, unless something even more insane comes across the wires.)

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