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2004-04-03 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Zenster 2004-04-03 12:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ..Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told reporters in Washington.

State Dept. is due for some serious housecleaning.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-03 12:22:54 AM|| 2004-04-03 12:22:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The state department is full of weenies and klinton clone, holdovers, who wouldn't know reality if it bit 'em on the ass. The only way to get rid of this muslim cancer on humanity, is to KILL IT! Deader 'n HELL! arafat has earned his place in HELL. SEND HIM THERE, O' ISRAEL. In war, bad people die, or they kill more good people.

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-04-03 12:36:26 AM|| 2004-04-03 12:36:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Its extremely unlikely Israel would kill Arafat. Sharon's statement was just to stress Arafat and his cronies and distract them from their hobby - planning terrorist attacks. I don't see a lot of sophisticated analysis coming out of the paleo camp and I suspect Arafat etc. are dumb enough to get taken in by this.

Posted by Phil B 2004-04-03 1:31:17 AM|| 2004-04-03 1:31:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Can they shoot him in the kneecaps? I don't think anything was said about that...

Posted by Ol_Dirty_American 2004-04-03 1:55:31 AM|| 2004-04-03 1:55:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 You know, a few strikes out are funny.
But this many looks very crazy and is not funny nor does it allow for the article it's linked to to be informative.
That's it for me for awhile--I'm Zenstered out.

Posted by Jen 2004-04-03 2:15:13 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-03 2:15:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 ..I remember being told a story years ago about a Hatfield/McCoy type feud in W.Va that was settled after years of killing, only to almost be reignited again when one blockhead refused to accept the ceasefire. The one side wanted him dead, the other side argued that it wasn't his fault. Two of the oldest graybeards from each side got together and came up with a novel compromise: every day for the rest of Blockhead's life, someone would take a shot at him that would just miss him.
The gentleman telling the story related how he'd seen the guy skulking around town about ten years afterwards - whitehaired, skeleton thin and shaking like a leaf - reach for a bottle of whiskey and was about to drink when a shot rang out and it shattered in his hands. Blockhead runs off for the woods howling. One of the oldtimers looks at the storyteller and comments:

"Y'know, one of these days, that poor sumbitch gone hang hisself."

I think THAT'S the approach that needs to be taken.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-04-03 2:22:31 AM|| 2004-04-03 2:22:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I think THAT'S the approach that needs to be taken.

According to the Belmont Club's article, this may well be the case. Hamas just may think that Arafat struck some sort of deal with Sharon in order to secure a clear playing field via the vaporization of Yassin. Now Arafat will be doubly afraid to leave his Muqata. All of this bodes well for Israel, at least in this respect.

Now, let's hope that Hamas has the usual bloody internecine power struggle that Arab politics is so famous for. I can almost hear them, scrabbling, clawing and clutching after Yassin's secret bank account numbers right now.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-03 3:45:16 AM|| 2004-04-03 3:45:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I certainly wouldn't want to discourage any speculation that Arafat cut a deal with Sharon to give up Hamas in exchange for sparing his own wretched hide. It may even be true. Hell, the Arafish might even be a CIA double agent--which would explain why the State Department is so concerned for his welfare.

Or not.

If I were Rantisi, would I want to take the chance? Maybe I'd want to snuff Arafat myself, just to be safe.

(Great Wharks! I'm starting to think like Old Spook!)

Posted by Mike 2004-04-03 7:10:42 AM|| 2004-04-03 7:10:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Zenster, so many strikethroughs and one can no longer actually read the relevant text. Please do use some hint of self-restraint when applying them.

I'm all in favour of the utter destruction of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah leadership, but I think it'll be horrid if Fatah members like Arafat start getting assasinated by Israel. They are the ones that atleast pretend to be relatively moderate political leadership that accept Israel's right to exist. Kill Arafat and the way I see it that pretty much means that you are sending everyone under him to Hamas' arms.

Not that Arafat doesn't deserve death. I just don't see what good it would do to take out the leadership of Fatah when organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad are still around and active.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-04-03 10:52:26 AM|| 2004-04-03 10:52:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 disagree, Aris. Fatah, Tanzim, and Al-Aqsa are franchises of ArafatCo. Run by him directly. Any and all actions they take are vetted by Yasser and his politburo. That includes bus and pizzeria bombings, driveby killings of settlers, etc, etc. ad nauseum. If any of these cretins are bagged, whether by hellfire or rifle at long range, it IS a good thing.

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-03 11:58:43 AM|| 2004-04-03 11:58:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Zenster, so many strikethroughs and one can no longer actually read the relevant text. Please do use some hint of self-restraint when applying them.

Thanks for the advice. The White House hypocrisy of thinking they're the only ones with a lock on the WoT really got to me there.

Not that Arafat doesn't deserve death. I just don't see what good it would do to take out the leadership of Fatah when organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad are still around and active.

Which is why I have already mentioned elsewhere how Israel may be dismantling Hamas (especially) in advance of any withdrawal from the Strip, so as to ensure that their stranglehold upon the Palestinian political process is broken.

I do not see where Arafat serves any purpose beyond being a corrupt figurehead for the PA. He has led his people into a strategic dead-end while stealing untold millions. The Palestinians need a fresh start without Arafat.

I'll agree that Hamas, Hizbollah and al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade should all be at the queue's front, but due to his vast influence on terror and the abiding evil he represents, Arafat may end up going to the head of the class.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-03 12:20:05 PM|| 2004-04-03 12:20:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Zenster, I may be in the minority here, but I enjoyed the strike-throughs on this particular article. It started to read like an episode of "Whose Line is That Anyway".

Posted by Steve White 2004-04-03 1:43:12 PM|| 2004-04-03 1:43:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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