Helena Cobban has a long and thoughtful post up about Yasser Arafat.
Arafat has been a nightmare for Palestinians. If the Israelis assassinated him I would be outraged. If, on the other hand, he were to drop dead of a heart attack, it would be a toss up for me between relief and annoyance that it took him so long.
Posted by Chris at July 20, 2004 09:56 AMDitto, but both of them would probably be supplemented by fear at what was going to fill the "vacuum", even if the vacuum already exists to some extent.
Posted by: DC at July 20, 2004 02:07 PM