Yep, folks, the Palestinian Authority has done it again. In its inexorable and insatiable search for peace in the Middle East it has issued a set of postage stamps bearing two of the most celebrated peacemakers of our time: Yasser Arafat and French President Jacques Chirac.
Freedom-loving people throughout the world will want to snap up these collector's items right away. No doubt the people of Iraq, about to vote on a national constitution written and endorsed by a freely elected, representative Parliament, will be especially exited to see Chirac honored in this manner.
Surely, there must be somewhere, someplace, some home or hovel in Iraq that proudly displays a photo of Jacques Chirac on the wall.
Other than the French consulate, I mean.
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1 - Realist
I would have chosen Menachem Begin, formerly of the Irgun and perpetrator of blowing up the King David Hotel in Jerusalem killing 91 people,
And also Yitzhak Shamir, leader of the Stern Gang, responsible for assassinating the United Nations representative in the Middle East, Count Folke Bernadotte who had secured the release of 21,000 prisoners headed for Nazi extermination camps during World War II.
These two were later welcomed into the White House.
Why not print a few stamps for these two "Freedom-loving people".