[lavrenti]

The only viable alternative to Arafat, sadly, is a guy named Bargouti. He organized a lot of the suicide bombings before being arrested in the April sweep.

There are, actually, four Palestines. One is the PA, the second the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip, the third, Hizbulluh-controlled Lebanon and the last the ones who live in the United States, and even they are divided between Hamas-influenced jerks and the utterly cynical who tell everybody who ask they come from Sidon or Tyre.

Democracy? The Palestinians never had the experience. Not under the Turks, the Brits, the Jordanians, the IDF and certainly NOT under Arafat.

Yeah, they'll vote for Hamas and Hizbulluh.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Maybe that is the idea. Force them to make official their turn to a terrorist govt, then destroy them. Their choice, freedom or death.

Just a thought.