washington, d.c. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thanks, morgan. >> for many in israel, he was a great leader. a great leader has passed. you have written for most arabs, mo no israeli is more synonymous with violence. why is that? >> because of israel's history in being involved in some of the more extreme actions. it's not just his leadership during, you know, on the battlefield in the conventional wars. it's his participation in unit 101 with the first special operations in the early 50s on which 56 palestinians were killed, most of them women and children, and, of course, the massacre in which hundreds if not thousands of palestinians were killed under his watchful eye and israel found him to be personally responsible, found the israel military indirectly but him to bear responsibility for that. those images of the bodies piled on top of each other defined his legacy, i think, for many arabs. but i do actually think that his real legacy is more complicated than that. >> there also came a point when sheron realized the conflict clearly had no military solution. and then he endorsed the sfwlus roadmap for peace in 2003. why the sudden change? >> well, i