Is Arafat a freedom fighter?

[Chicago]

What do you think?

[darius]

at some point in his lifetime, yes. but his track record has long since diverged from that title. a freedom fighter, imo, has to maintain a level of selflessness and desire to put the well-being of others before his or her own. when you're a freedom fighter, your fighting not only for your own ass, but for the group you are trying to "free" . . . and by that i mean, your own personal agenda comes second to that of the collective group you are fighting for. arafat compromised this quality when he became chairman of the PLO. he succumbed not to the needs of his people but to the needs of the ones pulling his strings (i.e. the one's cutting his check). maybe he has teetered back and forth and struggled to distance himself from his bosses, but he is, at this time, no more a "freedom fighter" than ariel sharon is a "man of peace" (thanx dubya, you buffoon).

[Chicago]

good answer. obviously it was a loaded question, b/c as i asked burnout the other day "what kind of freedom fighter has a net worth that is estimated at over $1 billion?"

[Capt'nAmerica]

Freedom Fighter? Yeah and Factory is a drug free establishment.
Arafat has amassed a fortune close to a billion dollars stealing the aid given to the palestinians (the U.S gives 500 million to them every year) . See with Arafat he draws his power from the conflict that's why he will never put peace first that selfishness was displayed in the 90's when he walked away from the table. So to answer your question NO he is not a freedom fighter he is a oppurtunist that is exploiting the Palestinian/Isreali conflict to fatten his deep pockets!

[admin]

Originally posted by Capt'nAmerica
Freedom Fighter? Yeah and Factory is a drug free establishment.
Arafat has amassed a fortune close to a billion dollars stealing the aid given to the palestinians (the U.S gives 500 million to them every year) . See with Arafat he draws his power from the conflict that's why he will never put peace first that selfishness was displayed in the 90's when he walked away from the table. So to answer your question NO he is not a freedom fighter he is a oppurtunist that is exploiting the Palestinian/Isreali conflict to fatten his deep pockets!

Good answer, I agree. I do believe he was at one point a freedom fighter a very long time ago like Darius pointed out.