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For decades the U.S. government supported Yasser Arafat, all the while fully aware of, and covering up, his terrorist connections. So what did we get for ignoring Arafat’s complicity in the murders of American diplomats? Did he become the man of peace so many claimed he was? No. For all the support we gave him, Yasser Arafat was nothing more than a fat, ugly obstruction to progress.

We have failed to learn from our mistakes.

The United States Government will give a renowned Palestinian terrorist leader millions of dollars to beef up his personal security and supposedly fund his commitment to dismantling terrorism in Palestine.

Despite documented terrorist roots and public hate for America, U.S. officials will give $86.4 million to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahamoud Abbas, who is also the leader of the violent Fatah party that recruits, trains and supports suicide bombers.

President George W. Bush has tried to promote Abbas as a “man of peace” who can help advance Mideast talks but the fact is that he and his followers are violent terrorists who spread a powerful anti-American rhetoric throughout the world.

It’s deja vu all over again.