So now hard-liners within Israel want to assassinate Yassir Arafat, the Palestinian Prime Minister. Why? For allowing acts of terrorism, for being corrupt within the Palestinian government, and for being the “world’s most successful exporter of terrorism,” according to Dan Gillerman, the Israeli UN representative. He also added that Arafat’s, “removal is a must for the revival and the resolution of the peace process of the road map.”

Palestinian UN envoy, Nasser al-Kidwa, called Gillerman’s speech towards the UN Security “trash,” while walking off during the middle.

Since there is a great need to “remove” world leaders supporting terrorism, why don’t we start by assassinating Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, who has killed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and Arabs since the 1950s and is most notably known for the massacre of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps on the southern outskirts of Beirut. In most of the world, he is known as the “cause of the Beirut blood bath.”

President Bush, however, calls Sharon a “man of peace.” He is also the only world leader to say so.

Of course, President Bush as the main supporter of “eliminating any forces of evil in the world” should also allow for his removal as he is the killer of over 10,000 Iraquis; 32% of them being civilians.

Father Bush should also readily volunteer for those who are to be “removed,” as he has been a huge supporter, financier, and inspiration to terrorists across the globe.

Who sold “weapons of mass destruction” to Iraq, which were used in gassing the Kurds? The United States of America army companies, but during the UN resolution, the U.S. insisted that “inspectors would not make known any companies that had taken part in producing projective weaponry for the poison gas if any was uncovered.”

Who trained Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, numerous militants within Indonesia, Cambodia, Iran, South Africa, Africa, Bangladesh and all of South America that suffered and underwent the corrupt war of Plan Condor? The United States, but this was only reported in all other newspapers except in the United States’ own.

Who massacred hundreds of thousands of civilians during wars that sought to acquire material gains without considering the massive river of blood that would be created? The Unites States.

So the question is not whether Arafat should be assassinated, but, “how many should be?”

     Sincerely Seeking Peace,

Reshma Ramachandran ‘05

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