You are being sarcastic, right? Have you not watched Colin Powell and GWB repeatedly pull this wretch's chestnuts out of the fire in recent weeks/months?
Or, perhaps you haven't noticed that -- for some strange reason -- the hue with which Mr. Powell's specs are tinted evidently disallows him from viewing Mr. Arafat as a terrorist, or labeling him, as such.
If the Bush Administration had had any moxie and guts, they would have declared on 12Sep01 ALL the West Bank and Chebaa Farms troublemakers TERRORISTS (you know: Al-Aqsa Brigade, Hamas, PLO, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, etc, etc.)
FINALLY, the Bush Admin has belatedly labeled several of these group "terrorists," but, somehow, the ugly toad Arafat is still worthy of being negotiated with . . . .?
Go figure.