The Kuwaitis aren't so quick to forgive and forget. Nor should they be. But those same palestinians who demand that Israel grovel at their feet and accept blame for every evil that's befallen them over the past 55 years, refuse to so much as acknowledge that they may have done their Kuwaiti brethren a disservice by supporting, even cheering, Saddam Hussein's invasion of their country in 1990.
Kuwait snubs Abbas, puts off visit
Kuwait City |Reuters | 10-08-2003
Kuwait yesterday said it had put off a key visit by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas because he would not apologise for Yasser Arafat's support of Iraq after it invaded in 1990.
"There was supposed to be a joint declaration at the conclusion of Abbas' visit which would include a clear and frank condemnation by the Palestinian Authority of the occupation crime but they were reluctant to agree," Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah told yesterday's Al Seyassah daily.
"The Kuwaiti people cannot accept a visit by a senior Palestinian Authority official unless there is a statement that includes an apology for the Authority's position over Iraq's aggression on Kuwait in 1990."
A Palestinian official sa-id: "Abu Mazen (Abbas) considered this a humiliation and refused to comply."
If nothing else, the pals are certainly consistent in their inability to cooperate and play nicely with others.
