(LILEKS) James : el flamin' bleato is another ace today. He's so good, he makes me want to stop blogging for shame.

His take on Iraq and the Paletinians is hilarious and spot on. Speaking of which, Mara Liasson has been pushing the idea that the U.S. should send troops to Palestine to enforce peace. I was yelling at the tv, which was stupid, because it was on Tivo.

How does a highly paid professional get away with proposing a solution that resulted in the largest American loss to terrorists until the World Trade Center? Of course, the men were all polite and dismissive, hardly betraying how appalled they all were.

My own measured reaction was that the Israelis are in the midst of proving that they know exactly what needs to be done, and doing it as well, if not better, than our crack forces could. So why are we leaning on them? Our policy should have been to put a bounty on Arafat's butt, second only to UBL.

Arafat himself reminds me of a client I once had, when I was a public defender, with a record of molesting his own grandkids. He would put on this little grin, as though he thought pedophilia was just a bad habit. He had recently married and shortly thereafter started lobbying his new bride to apply for a foster child--a girl, about 7, blonde with blue eyes.

Arafat reminds me of that guy. He can't conrol himself. It's the only way he knows how to act. He thinks he just mischievous.