[Demidog]

Exactly. Osama is the perfect bogey man and for decades will remain elusive while American military claim that they need to attack country after country in order to wipe out his "network."

The same thing can be seen wrt Arafat. Israel needs a foil and he's it. He'll never be ousted from power as long as Israel can use him to justify their actions.

[gcruse]

 Israel needs a foil and he's it. He'll never be
ousted from power as long as Israel can use
him to justify their actions.

The attacks justify Israel's actions.  If Arafat
can't stop them, or won't, why deal with him?