"An important element of Bush's adoption of regime change for the Palestinians is that it makes his Middle East policy consistent with his war on terrorism. The Bush doctrine holds that terrorists and those who harbor or support them are both guilty. Arafat has been implicated in terrorism, including the death of a American diplomat in Sudan, for more than three decades. He has resisted pleas to halt terrorism. As Bush said in his speech, "today Palestinian authorities are encouraging, not opposing terrorism." At best Arafat is a harborer of terrorists, at worst a terrorist himself. In either case, Bush decided, he's not a fit peace partner with Israel. Like peace with a Saddam-led Iraq, peace with an Arafat-led Palestine simply isn't possible." - Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard