Two words basically sum up Arafat:
Can't and Won't
He either refused to stop the terror groups supposedly under his command or he did not have the power to do so.
If there was any justice he would have died to a palestinian homicide bomber like in the Joel Rosenberg book. Those who live by the sword (or bomb) deserve to die that way.
The world will be *so* much better off without him. The Palestinians can finally get about the business of having their civil war, bomb each other to oblivion and we can sit back laughing our asses off as Israel refuses to "help".