[walden]

Is there supposed to be a down-side to this scenario? Arafat dead, Hussein dead, the Jordanian king deposed and/or dead (I used to think he was a "moderate" Arab, but there is truly no such thing.) And, we have a problem with all of this because? Hmmmm.

Virtually every Arab state government needs to either fall or change. The Saudis need to fall, Iran needs to fall, Iraq, Syria, and on and on. The only Arab government worth a damn is, I believe, Bahrain, where their western-educated leader is steadily moving the country towards representative democracy.

[Lael]

Virtually every Arab state government needs to either fall or change.

I have been saying since the first intefada in 1987 that things will only end with an expulsion...either the Arabs, or the Israelis.

Unfortunately, given the mush brained Left, the odds seem to favour the Jews getting the 'Heave Ho'.

Never have I seen a people so apparantly incapable of self defence. And I find THAT really Tragic!!

[Tree of Liberty]

Virtually every Arab state government needs to either fall or change.

It's not the governments, its the citizenry. Virtually all the people of the arab states (including Egypt and Jordan)want to take on Israel and the rest of the West. The governments are actually providing a small hedge against this for the moment since they know the ramifications. They'll fail eventually, however, if and when Israel rightfully annexes land "officially" and/or take out Arafat.