Despite U.S. opposition, Israel says it will remove Arafat

AP | 9/12/03 | MARK LAVIE

[tet68]

Arafat IS the problem.

[Peach]

Good. On this, I don't think Israel should listen to the US but rather do what they feel is best for their country. Just as we did not listen to the French and Germans in the time leading to war in Iraq.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"Israel is an independent and sovereign state and though it has a close and friendly important relationship with America, it doesn't take orders from America," Livnat said Friday.

WOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOO!

A poll published in a newspaper Friday, showed 60 percent of Israelis would like to see Arafat killed or exiled

So much for the standard liberal meme (i.e., L-I-E) that "the majority of Israelis really want Sharon to work with Arafat."

Liberals. Pffffftt!

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I say, "Kick Arafat out and send his cheering throngs with him." Send them all to Jordan. (Jordan wants nothing to do with them).

[steveegg]

Call me crazy, but I'd rather have AraRAT dead and buried than wary and guessing.

[ditto h]

Arafat is a terrorist. He should have been taken out long ago.

[Agnes Heep]

This whole Arafat deal reminds me of one of those real-life emergency room programs I watched about a year ago. A diabetic woman comes to the emergency room with her foot half rotted off from gas gangrene; maggotts are actually crawling out of the flesh. The doctors tell her that the foot has to be amputated, but she remains in denial, refusing all attempts to get her to accept the inevitable. Finally the proposition is placed before her, in no uncertain terms, that either the foot must go, or she must go. She gives in. The follow-up shows her a changed woman; no longer sick, smiling and upbeat; looking forward to the future.

Like that gangrenous foot, Arafat needs to be cut off. The sooner, the better.

[ovrtaxt]

About time. They have given the hairy frog too many chances, far too many. He needs to be eliminated, and it would be better to have him dead.

If Israel can succeed in diabling the Pali 'secret police' which keeps 'collaborators' under threat of public lynching, they may find some people worth having as neighbors.

[Beck_isright]

Good for Israel. If the USSSD (United States Socialist State Department) elects to freeze funding to Israel, let me know where to send money directly. This terrorist needs to be removed, dead or alive.

[ovrtaxt]

Your analogy is an insult to gangrenous feet everywhere!

[steveegg]

If Israel can succeed in diabling the Pali 'secret police' which keeps 'collaborators' under threat of public lynching, they may find some people worth having as neighbors.

While that's a long shot, that's really the only shot.

[dennisw]

Best scenario is gunfire when the IDF comes to rope him in. And Arafat dies via tow missile or what have you. Trying him will just make tumult and exiling him means he gets to travel the world making mischief and propaganda.

[hellinahandcart]

They shouldn't expel him, they need to kill him.

[LarryM]

Arafat IS the problem.

No, Bush is the problem. His phony war on terrorism is starting to turn the US into a laughing stock. How many terrorist mass murderers does Bush have to protect before everyone realizes that the oil-stained Bush family works for the Saudis?

[mathluv]

I have never understood why Israelis were willing to stand by and get killed over this guy. He needs to be gone. He does not want peace. He wants Israel to not exist.

[Agnes Heep]

Your analogy is an insult to gangrenous feet everywhere!

I hereby issue a formal apology to any gangrenous foot that may have been offended. Unfortunately, good analogies to Arafat are hard to come by.

[TomGuy]

Sharon needs to tell his secretary to put Condi's and Colin's call on hold, take care of business, then answer their calls and tell them he removed the roadblock on their roadmap.

[ovrtaxt]

While I agree that there's some bad blood between the Bushes and the Saudis, I must disagree with your sorry, weak opportunistic rant. As far as Israel is concerned, ARAFAT IS THE PROBLEM.

[Vigilantcitizen]

"This whole Arafat deal reminds me of one of those real-life emergency room programs I watched about a year ago. A diabetic woman comes to the emergency room with her foot half rotted off from gas gangrene; maggotts are actually crawling out of the flesh. The doctors tell her that the foot has to be amputated, but she remains in denial, refusing all attempts to get her to accept the inevitable. Finally the proposition is placed before her, in no uncertain terms, that either the foot must go, or she must go. She gives in. The follow-up shows her a changed woman; no longer sick, smiling and upbeat; looking forward to the future."

I saw that episode. Ewwww.