WHY NOT GIVE ARAFAT A CHANCE TO PROVE HE'S THE BETTER MAN?:

Saddam 'should have killed himself' (Nasser Abu Bakr, December 15, 2003, News.com.au)

Saddam's support and financial aid to the tune of thousands of dollars for the families of Palestinian suicide bombers during the three-year intifada made the former Iraqi strongman a popular figure in the occupied territories. [...]

But today many were quick to draw a contrast between Saddam's meek surrender and their own leader Yasser Arafat, who has been confined to his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah by the Israeli army for more than two years.

According to Adeeb Berakat, a 35-year-old from the traditionally militant Palestinian stronghold, Arafat would never have allowed himself to be taken alive.

Boy, they just don't get it do they? Their leaders think it's dandy for these folks to go out and kill themselves, but have no intention of following suit.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 14, 2003 4:24 PM