"The United States does not support either the elimination of him or the exile of Mr. Arafat," Secretary of State Colin Powell told "Fox News Sunday" in an interview from Baghdad. "I think you can anticipate that there would be rage throughout the Arab world, the Muslim world, and in many other parts of the world."
He's not saying we disagree, just that it would anger the Arab world.

But hmmm ... weren't there people saying the same thing before Bush took out Saddam? And for another parallel to Saddam:

Amin Abbasi, a businessman, has visited the compound for each of the last four days, bringing his wife and four children, ages 4 to 12, at various times.

"You will find people here who don't support the policies of Mr. Arafat," said Abbasi, 44. "But as Palestinians, we feel we must defend our president and tell the world that nobody can force us to change our leader."
Why do we seem to recognize this when Isreal tries to do it, but not when we want to do it?