[Usually Lurkin]

a lot of credit goes to Arafat for graciously retiring at a time when the super power is refusing to play games. (I'm sure somewhere in his retirement package he's receiving everything that he dealt out.)
a lot of credit goes to Bush for recognizing the value of doing this "on their time". We'll see now what happens when the process is about the people in the mid-east rather than awards or legacies.