Arafat gloats.
The presidents own personal responsibility now is clearly carved out. Hes sending his top diplomat Colon Powell. The president understands that his prestige, the prestige of the United States, is now in the balance.
No he does not, for if he did, he would never put Our Beloved FRaternal Republic's Prestige and that of his office on the line and especially would not let the appeaser, Colon Powell, anywhere near the islamanazi-Israeli battleground.