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Originally posted by Yorick:
This guy masterminded Hamas. I'm sure if he wanted to, he could have been a suicide bomber. They've used donkeys, children, why not wheelchairs?
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I think you just answered your own question there, Yorick. If Yassin was such a great asset to Hamas, then it would be kind of a waste for him to blow himself up. It's not that he was completely unable to do it, it's just that his role in Hamas was not that of a suicide-bomber. He was part of the leadership and not the 'grunts'.
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Unless he didn't believe what he was preaching perhaps? Why hasn't Arafat become a Martyr? A true leader should be prepared to lead by example, not ask others to do what they will not.
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A leader can't lead if he's dead. Yes, you can argue that a good leader should be willing to die for his cause, but unless he sacrifices himself at the 'right' moment, his death will just be one of many others. I suppose it would be more 'honourable' for a leader like Yassin to die defending his life and those of whom he cares for, than to die in a 'simple' suicide attack.