Again, from all I've read if we are to believe Arafat then, by his own words, he is less than irrelevant. He can't stop Hamas and their ilk from continuing their suicide attacks. He claims he's not responsible and has no control. He is, in short, not a leader of any sort, so sad, too bad, bye-bye.

You know, another country used suicide attacks near the end of a long, bloody war. Japan. The final acts of a desperate group of people. And you remember how that turned out.