Written by: Beck

Aide: Arafat suffers brain hemorrhage

I'm not especially optimistic--as some people seem to be--that things will magically improve in Palestine & Israel once Arafat is out of the way. I think his death will open the door to renewed chaos, anarchy, and internal conflict. I can almost envision the whole of the West Bank pulling a number like the house from the first Poltergeist movie as members of the 14 different armed factions residing there--barely held together in the past only thanks to Arafat's iron grip--turn against each other to devour themselves like sharks in a feeding frenzy with nothing on the menu but themselves.

Sorry, got a bit carried away there with the metaphors.

There's a flip side to that coin however--progress cannot and will never be made in the Israel-Palestine conflict until Arafat is completely out of the way & out of the picture. Combine that with the minor detail that he's the father of modern terrorism, and all I can say is that I can't wait for him to finally kick the bucket.