Comments on: And the walls come tumbling down

By: Ben F

Ben F — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:29:07 +0000

The NYT has posted a PDF of the March 8 letter. It refers to HAMAS as a political party. Love those diplomats. [NOT!] Isn't it also lovely that, despite the PA's open and notorious non-compliance with the Jericho accord, and the confessed helplessness of the US and UK to correct said violations, Condi twisted Sharon's arm last year to sign on to the agreements under which European monitors are helpless to prevent the entry into Gaza of terrorists and arms? FATAH was never, ever held to standards of accountability, and I am not yet persuaded that HAMAS will be either.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:13:37 +0000

5 cynic
They probably had their wives and girlfriends spending the night as well, not too mention their financial advisers having access. Back in 2002 Sharon made a mistake in allowing this foolish arrangement to take place (thanks to Colin Powell).

By: Cynic

Cynic — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:08:18 +0000

Joel,
They had internet access besides the cell phones.

By: Yankev

Yankev — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:22:35 +0000

Reminds me of Peter Beagle’s line from the Last Unicorn, when the minstrel can no longer stomach singing the ballad about his rescue by the self-promoting outlaw Captain Cully, and the Captain’s heroic sword fight against the boy’s three brothers for the jewel they stole from the lad: “And you never fought my brothers for any stone. You sent them a nasty letter — which you didn’t sign”

And there are people out there who actually think Israel should pull back its troops in return for US or UN guarantees? Yeah, we saw how well that worked when the Jordanians put Jerusalem under siege in 1947-48. And when Egypt banned Israeli shipping from the Suez canal. And when Israel agreed to withdraw from South Lebanon in return for US troops being stationed there. I could go on and on, but a full account would probably exceed your band width.

If it weren’t Yossi Beilin, I could almost believe it was Purim shtick.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:48:15 +0000

Interesting that Saadat was able to conduct a phone conversation (cellphone) with Marshaal in Damascus. Some prison!

By: Laurence Simon

Laurence Simon — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:22:52 +0000

Who says I think?

Condi and her henchmoron are claiming that she’s been complaining about the revolving door and the cell phones at Jericho.

Uh huh. And they did WHAT about it before Abbas took his unilateral step to dishonor the already-extisting agreements FURTHER again?

Condi needs to stop smoking her pot-guitar.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:17:13 +0000

Hey, Lair, thanks for using the phrase I wanted to use but wasn’t going to have the time to post about today.

Although–should I be worried that I’m starting to think like you?