[mhking]

Where's that photo of Fisk after his a$$ was kicked?

[Hugin]

If the elderly cleric really was worthy of state murder, why did Netanyahu let him go in the first place?

Simple. The Isrealis always do anything possible to protect and repatriate captured agents and soldiers, even to the exent of releasing hundreds of terrorists. It is a mistake IMNHO, but it no doubt makes it easier to recurit Mossad agents.

[joebuck]

"For years, there has been an unwritten rule in the cruel war of government-versus-guerrilla. You can kill the men on the street, the bomb-makers and gunmen, but the leadership was allowed to survive."

I would love to see even a shred of evidence that such an "unwritten rule" ever existed anywhere other than Fisk's imagination.

[GETMAIN]

Fisk is such a pathetic wanker.

So much so that his name deserves euphemism status like "Clymer".

[Spok]

Does he know the White House was a target on 9/11?

[paul51]

So who can be surprised if the rules are broken by the other side? The top guys are now in the firing line. Let us not say we didn't know.

Either this guy is incredibly naive or he is an idiot. The 'other side' threw away the rules long ago. The only reason they still exist to create mayhem is because we so stupidly played by rules. Fire in the hole...kill them all. That is the only rule we should abide by.

[churchillbuff]

Yes, he enthusiastically endorsed suicide bombings - including the murder of Israeli children.

[Capt. Tom]

How soon they forget. - Tom

[Graymatter]

I see everyone's all lathered up about this article. Me, I got as far as the word 'murder' and quit. Knew the word 'assassination' wouldn't be far behind, somewhere in a spinning torrent of liberal bullfeathers.

If you want to get riled by lib pundits there are some intel...oh wait, no there aren't. :)

[MarMema]

It's getting to be a habit.

Burning churches and killing people in Kosovo, blowing up next to strollers with babies in them in Israel, taking hostages in a theatre in Moscow, flying commercial planes into the trade center and Pentagon, blowing up subways and trains in Moscow and Madrid. Now that's what is getting to be a habit.

Let the Israelis show them we're not going to take it any more. And more power to the Israelis, and to the Russians, and to us, for taking out the evil on this planet. May God bless us all.

[Spok]

the gloves were never on.

[goldstategop]

Israel should have kicked ass years ago. Why they waited so long, I'll never understand. The key to eliminate the fearsome terrorist violence from the planet is to kill off the men who provide the ideological and political inspiration for it. That's important especially in the Middle East, where the Number One growth (and export) industry is Terrorism. Robert Fisk writes we don't know what we've done. We're cutting off the hydra-tenacled monster at the roots - which is exactly what we should have been doing from the beginning. As President Bush so succinctly put it, its a struggle between good and evil and there is no neutral ground. Its about time those who support terrorists understood exactly where we stand and absorbed the message: its a good day for their patrons and them to die!

[joesnuffy]

The only regret those who actually fight terrorism should have about putting a 2.75" fleshette rocket up that monster's wheelchair bound wazoo....is that Fisk wasnt sitting on his lap when it happend
imo

[sphinx]

For years, there has been an unwritten rule in the cruel war of government-versus-guerrilla

The cruel war is not government vs. guerrilla -- it's guerrilla vs. women, children, and innocents on the street. Government vs. guerrilla is just pest control.

[JasonC]

"an unwritten rule in the cruel war of government-versus-guerrilla. You can kill the men on the street, the bomb-makers and gunmen, but the leadership was allowed to survive"

Complete, unmixed nuance. Somebody tell Sadat that terrorists spare leaders. "A corpse in a suit is worth 10 in uniform" - Carlos the Jackal. Terrorists have never shown the slightest restraint, of any kind.

But one person is not part of the "everyone" at risk. Mr. Fisk. When what this article really is, is an insinuated invitation to criminal acts in Israel and the west. Preemptively approved by Fisk's fatwa.

[DuncanWaring]

...cruel war of government-versus-guerrilla.

It's not "government-versus-guerrilla".

It's "civilization-versus-barbarism".