AOL: I assume that's a rhetorical question, since her name is in the picture caption. She is wearing a traditional mourning pancho.
 

Blundered into this blog by accident. Wow, you people are really kind of scary. Duh, like him or not, Arafat was the political leader of a nation-to-be, maybe, in a politically important part of the world? When Sharon dies, world leaders will attend his funeral and many would argue he is also responsible for the deaths of many innocent people.
 

Welcome, Anonymous! Don't be frightened!

"When Sharon dies, world leaders will attend his funeral and many would argue he is also responsible for the deaths of many innocent people."

Ahh, the old "lot's of people would disagree, so I don't have to actually state an argument, argument". Those many would be wrong. If you wish to argue that Sharon has been responsible for the deaths of many innocent people, go ahead, and then we can try to show you how you're wrong.

"like him or not, Arafat was the political leader of a nation-to-be, maybe, in a politically important part of the world"

Yes, but marginalizing him was the cornerstone and the genius of the Bush policy to that area. Seeing that the more esteem Arafat has the less likely a peaceful settlement will ever become was a major break from previous US policy (even from Bush 41). For a previous President to elevate his status by (a) gushing praise about him to the media on his death and (b) paying his respects at his death goes against our current policy in the region and shows that Carter clings to a view of the world that the American people and the current administration rejected. And he gets to be former President for the rest of his life with no checks and balances!

That's scary! We're just a warm and fuzzy right-wing blog.