Reviled: Dead or Alive

With Arafat most likely brain-dead, in an irreversable coma, or already dead, we can expect a spate of whitewashed obituaries glossing over Arafat’s record and legacy and making him out to be some kind of people’s hero.

To counteract all that nonsense, Meryl has a roundup on pieces on Arafat’s true legacy.

Yasser Arafat was a mass-murderer and a terrorist. He lied to the entire world, promising peace while plotting war. He thwarted his people’s attempt for statehood at every single turn. He massacred Olympic athletes, hijaked planes, sent thousands of suicide bombers to blow up innocent Israelis, and murdered tens of thousands of Palestinians and Lebanese. His legacies consist of little other than terrorism and hatred, and that’s exactly how he deserves to be remembered.

Update: Irreverantly hysterical quote of the day from Meryl: “He’s no longer an Arafish, he’s an Aravegetable. And he’s going to be rotten soon enough.”