we'll be as screwed as the palestinians, who only realized after arafat's death that they had no strong leader to replace him. they're still suffering horribly due to a lack of leadership, that is their biggest problem - even they know that now. we're about to have the same exact problem, g-d forbid sharon should not fully recover. it's too scary to even think about, yet weirdly, like the palestinians before us, we never thought it could happen until now. it never occurred to us that he could be taken from us. (yeah, i don't care if you don't follow israeli events and think he's a war criminal. if you think that, you just don't understand the situation on the ground.) he's the only one who can fix the situation here. mubarak said it in those words recently and the palestinians have too, believe it or not. we really don't have another good candidate. everyone here trusts him. we'll let HIM evacuate the west bank. someone else, no way. ugh. please g-d, let sharon be o.k. - an entire nation prays.