Posted on 02/07/2006 3:44:50 PM PST by SonofLiberty1
Palestine without smoke and mirrors
Charles Krauthammer, a syndicated columnist based in Washington: Washington Post Writers Group Published February 6, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Amid much gnashing of teeth, the Hamas victory in the Palestinian elections is being called a disaster. On the contrary. It is deeply clarifying and ultimately cleansing. If the world responds correctly, it will mark a turning point for the better.
The Palestinians have spoken. According to their apologists, sure, Hamas wants to destroy Israel, wage permanent war and send suicide bombers into discotheques to drive nails into the skulls of young Israelis, but what the Palestinians were really voting for was efficient garbage collection.
It is time to stop infantilizing the Palestinians. As Hamas leader Khaled Meshal said in a news conference four days after the election, "The Palestinian people have chosen Hamas with its known stances." By a landslide, the Palestinian people have chosen these known stances: rejectionism, Islamism, terrorism, rank anti-Semitism and the destruction of Israel in a romance of blood, death and revolution. Garbage collection on Wednesdays.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
"In August 2001, Hamas sent a suicide bomber into a Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem. He killed 15 innocent Israelis, mutilating many dozens more. A month later, Hamas student activists at al-Najah University in Nablus celebrated the attack with an exhibit, a mockup of the smashed Sbarro shop strewn with blood and fake body parts--a severed leg still dressed in jeans, a human hand dangling from the ceiling. The inscription (with a reference to the Qassam military wing of Hamas) read: "Qassami Pizza is more delicious."
And they have the nerve to rampage, riot and kill over a CARTOON? These people are despicable!
Bump!
He knows it. Just follow the bouncing ball over the words "New World Order" (NWO) that his Daddy spoke of many years ago.
We, the people, can be so naive some (most) times.
BTW...GHBush is a very good friend of BJKlinton now.
Get a clue people.
I'm disgusted.....How 'bout you all?
Pfffft.
FMCDH(BITS)
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