Useful Fools

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said[Jerusalm Post - free registration required]:

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that Israel would incite rage among Muslims worldwide by exiling or killing Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat.
Which is it, Colin? Are Muslims the religion of peace, or are they all supporters of terrorists (like Arafat)? You can’t have it both ways!
“The Israelis know our position quite well,” Powell told Fox News Sunday during a visit to Iraq. “The United States does not support either the elimination of him or the exile of Mr. Arafat.”
But if Arafat attacked the U.S., you know he would be toast in milliseconds. So what opportunity do we offer the Israelis, Mr. Secretary? It sounds like you want them to die for us.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat warned Sunday that the removal of Yasser Arafat would lead to “total anarchy” in the Palestinian Authority.
This would be worse than what is happening now?
“If Arafat is killed, the Palestinian Authority is killed,” he said.
If so, then the PA is simply the personal fiefdom of one of the world’s worst terrorists! Why would we want it to survive?
Erekat, an Arafat loyalist, said local militias would rule the streets and the first thing they would do is kill moderate Palestinian leaders, “me included.”
They why hasn’t the PA taken on the local militias. We gave them lots of money, weapons and time. Too bad, Mr. Erekat.
Earlier in the day, Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel was keeping open the option of killing Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat when the cabinet decides on how to act on its threat to “remove” him.
As is their right, as a sovereign democratic nation that has been under vicious attack by Arafat and others.