George Kennan Dies

George Kennan dies at 101.

... Danny Rubinstein wrote in Davar [the Labor Party journal] that "The PLO as an orderly political body is more terrifying to the government of Israel than the powerful terrorist PLO." This is the reason why "the government of Israel planned the Lebanese war for the entire past year (as Sharon has testified) and planned to reach Beirut (as all the commanders have testified)." Israel's security had never been so great, but Arafat's success in maintaining the cease-fire was a greater danger than any security threat because of the "political power that the PLO developed," so that "fear was growing" that it could not be excluded from negotiations, and negotiations would undermine Israel's rejectionism, leading to Palestinian self-determination, i.e., a Palestinian state. The PLO must be forced back to "murderous terror" to overcome the danger of pressure from Western liberal opinion and the U.S. government (a dubious prospect) in favor of a two-state settlement. (Fateful Triangle, p. 201)

午前11までに起床するという目標は今日以外達せられず。今日のクリニックの予約が、おととい11時から10時半に変更になったため、9時20分ごろには起きた。 カウンセリングの後、Sと待ち合わせてDan Ryan'sで昼食。その後、ForumのCoffee Beanで読書。一旦、帰宅。若社長と予定している来週月曜日のミーティングの場所をTBPのCoffee Beanにしてもらうようにメールを送信。

ベッドにいると眠ってしまうと時間がもったいないので、TBPのDélifranceまで行って読書。