[polemikos]

Arafat's opposition to the ministerial list was likely to disappoint Washington

Now there's an understatement!

[pointsal]

that slimey character needs to make a road trip to Baghdad.

[LibertarianLiz]

Honestly, I don't think the Administration will be "disappointed" at all. I think they will shrug, because it is exactly what was expected --- well, except for the idiots at the State Dept.

I certainly didn't take the appointment of this new guy as anything but show. Arafat is in charge and will be until he drops dead, or someone helps him to drop dead. These people, at this point in time, are hopeless.

[Highway55]

Arafat & Abu Mazen
Solution:

Thunderdome: two men, hand-to-hand, no jury, no appear, no parol. Two men enter, one man leaves.