How is this a problem, again?
Sow. Reap.
And why is this a problem? Let the terrorist government fall! No more aid to Hamas!!!!
And your point is........?
BFD.
"No, Jim -- you'll flood the whole compartment!"
"He'll die!"
"Sir -- he's dead already."
(pause) "It's too late, Jim."
- McCoy, Kirk, Scott, regarding Spock
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
It's nice to see good news!
There's so little of it!
Why do the government officials need salaries? They can clean shoes for a living.
Let Jimmy Carter personally bankroll them.
Is there actually a single sentient human being anywhere who cares about this?
Maybe the Hamas should use their money for something other than explosive devices. Screw em..starve the bastards out..allah willing.
We at FR can help. I'm gonna pass the hat and I know my fellow FReepers will be generous. Here we go - I'm starting with three pennies, an old subway token, and some pocket lint. Over to you.
I hate to be so hard and heartless on this issue, I really, really do, but the so called palestinians leave me no choice...let them suffer, eat their own, and destroy themselves. This is what they have earned in the world of consequences for actions. God forgive me.
The best thing that could happen to the Pallies, long term, is to let the welfare state collapse. Force them to think of some productive private-sector activity they could make money at, now that Saddam is not paying for suicide bombers
Let them reap what they sow.
I dont see anything wrong with this.
So it's Ok to pay bin Ladin and his staff if the money doesn't go through al-Qaeda?
We are living in the Twilight Zone. Constructed by the Terrorist fighting Bush Administration.
Their downfall is our gain. I LOVE IT!!!!!
What we have here is a good ole case of schadenfreude.
The State Department insists on proving me right again and again. The PA is not viable as an independent entity. Separate from Israel, separate from their arab mother countries Jordan and Egypt there is no economy, there are no jobs, no markets, nothing at all.
There will never be an independent arab west bank and there will never be an independent Gaza. Every day we waste pursuing this fantasy, every dollar we pour down this rathole is another day and another dollar wasted. More importantly, the longer we waste time on something that will never be, the longer we delay the development of solutions that could work.
Meanwhile innocent Israelis and deluded arabs go on dying.
The effort to establish what will never be has done nothing but kill Israelis and arabs alike.
With respect to the content of the article, PA is at war with Israel. Until they surrender, not one cent of aid should be allowed reach PA control. If PA collapses for lack of foreign funding, as it will, this only demonstrates that it was an artificial creation from the beginning.