Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Ummm...

Arafat is dead. I think. J.Rice, they found the Swiss Bank accounts. Probably.

I'm going to try to avoid speaking ill of the dead, except for this: One less blight on the face of humanity.

All this has me now thinking of another blight on humanity-Fidel Castro. I ended up studying Castro's Cuba in great depth in college, and Arafat's passing brings to mind many discussions of what we can expect when Castro goes. There are a few rosy scenarios, but most scenarios are not rosy for U.S.-Cuban relations.

Having said that, don't expect a radical change with the Palestinians. The rosy picture will be the exception we are hoping for but probably won't get.

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