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Strange to say when I offered a gift subscription to a retired U.S. Army Colonel, who once served as Gerald Ford’s interpreter he turned it down. I have noticed among ex military men like Scott Ritter and Douglas McGregor a very hostile attitude towards Israel.

I contributed a chapter to a three volume edition of research papers edited by James Forest, instructor at West Point in which I analyzed the Achille Lauro hijacking. In this chapter I noted that both King Hussein of Jordan and President Mubarak both blamed Arafat for the hijacking which had been carried out by a covert PLO offshoot. When it finally came to press all mention of Arafat’s culpability was erased from my contribution. I found this very strange. In view of your research I am now convinced there is a strong anti-Israel bias in our military which can only be explained by official malevolence which is consistent with your thesis.

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I was very upset by this “Arafat can do no wrong” attitude.

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Yes. They've always been protecting Arafat.

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