Nor was Arafat helped by world events that shifted the spotlight to Bush’s wars on terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. If anything, they had adverse effects for him and his life-long cause.
世界局势也朝着对阿拉法特不利的方向发展，人们把关注的焦点转向了布什在阿富汗和伊拉克发动的反恐战争。如果说有影响的话，那么无论对他还是他奋斗一生的事业产生的影响都十分不利。阿拉法特熟悉的世界也像他自己的健康状况一样不可控制、也无法挽回的离他而去。