Sorry, yet again, [b]subsailor[/b]. The Soviets poured rubles down an Arab drain, and gave them the latest and best.
And Israel beat the f*** out of them each and every time it tried.
So what makes you think Arafat, who is, after all, simply a hoodlum and not a soldier, would fare any better?
Nothing in Arafat's history would indicate any final outcome other than striking his tent and whimpering out of the host country.
[b]Like Jordan in 1970 ('Black September'), and Lebanon in 1982 ('Even Blacker June').[/b]
As Arafat and his 'men' moved towards the boats in Beirut's harbor that were to take them to exile in Tunisia, the PLO fired their weapons in the air in one last burst of defiant enthusiasm!
Nope, the boats' captains had simply refused to allow Arafat and or of his men aboard their boats with loaded weapons! Heh-Heh-Heh!
Gawd, I love history![:D]
Eric The(Lovable)Hun[>]:)]