[Alouette]

It's about damn time!

[July 4th]

Finally!

[zarf]

This is a good question that would of been answered a long time ago in the affirmative, if the idiots in the State Department and the White House were not so enamoured with Saudi Arabia.

[dennisw]

The rotten, filthy, old ba**ard is responsible for numerous terror incidents. Many recent ones too. Just off him. Get it over with since he has recently embraced Islam (godless commie homo that he is) and Islamics love martyrdom. So do him a favor

[goldstategop]

Of course he should be killed. Its not even a subject for a debate. Arafart's a terrorist with Jewish blood on his head.

[Hinoki Cypress]

Don't debate killing Arrid-fart; kill him, Israel! Way past time. he should have been offed many years ago.

[ellhow]

They are not going to kill Arafat or even expell him, I would bet everything on that. The reason is because Arafat is so demonised, that it serves the Israelis well to keep him there for propaganda purposes. You can talk about this and that, but Arafat is staying.

[yonif]

This has always been discussed, however, the US safety net over Arafat has overruled such just action against the terrorist.

[Wright is right!]

"Arafat has been confined by Israeli military forces to his partially destroyed compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah for the last 18 months."

Don'tcha know that this place has got to have developed a pretty foul odour by now? Or does it have running wa-wa?

This story reads as if someone - just now - has for the first time come up with the idea that perhaps Aero-phat might - MIGHT - be a thorn in the side of any peace efforts and MAYBE - just MAYBE - things might be better if he were to assume room temp.

Fact is that taking the jerk out has been debated for over a decade, and for reasons unknown, the Israelis have always decided that having him alive is better than the martyrdom that would result were he dust. The currently-running debate is over how to get rid of him without creating a martyr.

And it would take no planning whatsoever to get rid of his heartbeat. If it were decided to do so right now, the deed could easily be accomplished in the next 5 minutes.

That said - as long as Aero-phat is alive, there will be no peace. Aero himself is an enemy of peace - he exists as a warrior on a mission. In some ways he's like the Democrats - always fighting for issues they never plan to enact, for to do so would rob them of the issue to stump with. If there is peace in the Muddle East, then Aero has nothing to live for.

Which is why he's got to go. And the billions he's got stashed must be liberated.

Michael

[b4its2late]

Debate? No need.... He go bye-bye.

[right wing]

CAN YOU SAY TRIAL BALLOON?

This is their way of letting everyone know what's coming. Finally!

[CatoRenasci]

Of course they've talked about killing Arafat. The very interesting question is: Why is the Israeli chief of staff saying this publicly now?

Officers at this level do not make statements with such ramifications without a reason. What is that reason? and why just now?

[Enduring Freedom]

If he perished as a result of a work accident or an internal coup, who could argue the point?

I wouldn't be able to know for sure.

Will the talking heads complain? Who listens to them let alone believes them any more?

How long would Arafat have lasted had he aided even one attack against America?

If your answer was "not long", you get a prize.

[Joe Boucher]

Do it, should have been done a long time ago.
I fail to understand why the Israelis haven't done the job long ago.

[Smile-n-Win]

"The subject was debated in terms of costs and benefits," Yaalon said.

What cost could killing Arafat possibly have that outweighs its benefits?

[CholeraJoe]

* ping

[The Wizard]

this decision has already been made

[knighthawk]

Killing him will anger the Palestinians, Arabs and the world.

Oh, they already are angered by the existence of Israel.

Well, then just kill him.

[OXENinFLA]

As long as they are debating HOW to kill him.

[CyberAnt]

Hey ... why not go after Arafat - and then BLAME IT ON ISRAEL - allowing Syria to attack Israel.

Not a good move ...!!!