Arafat the Bold

If anyone wonders why I'm so cynical about formerly "irrelevant" Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, consider the situation at this moment: He's making defiant speeches saying he's willing to die a martyr and cares only about the Palestinian people, while at the same time his partisans are surrounding his compound with women and children to shield him from any attack. Ain't that guy just plain heroic.