Comments on: The Hamas/Fatah battle: Two views http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217/comment-page-1#comment-5250 Michael Lonie Tue, 09 May 2006 04:50:12 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217#comment-5250 It's like Henry Kissinger's comment on the Iran-Iraq War: Too bad they can't both lose. I suppose we can always hope. Oh, and all you Pali sympathizers out there, this is what a Pali state would look like if they ever did manage to achieve their evil goal of destroying Israel and killing all the Jews. This is the future of the Middle East as you, all unknowing, want it to be. But wait, it gets worse. After a bit the various Arab countries invade to seize the land for themselves and in the course of doing so set off a gigantic intra-Arab war and drive out or massacre all the Palis. That's the wonderous utopia you can have if those pesky Jews will just let themselves be exterminated. Does that make you happy? Something to look forward to? Why not, it's what you want, a Pali state, and its forseeable consequences. In typical fashion of the dysfunctional Arab political culture they are squabbling over who is going to loot the treasury. It's all the more risible because there is actually no gelt in it. It’s like Henry Kissinger’s comment on the Iran-Iraq War: Too bad they can’t both lose. I suppose we can always hope.

Oh, and all you Pali sympathizers out there, this is what a Pali state would look like if they ever did manage to achieve their evil goal of destroying Israel and killing all the Jews. This is the future of the Middle East as you, all unknowing, want it to be. But wait, it gets worse. After a bit the various Arab countries invade to seize the land for themselves and in the course of doing so set off a gigantic intra-Arab war and drive out or massacre all the Palis. That’s the wonderous utopia you can have if those pesky Jews will just let themselves be exterminated. Does that make you happy? Something to look forward to? Why not, it’s what you want, a Pali state, and its forseeable consequences.

In typical fashion of the dysfunctional Arab political culture they are squabbling over who is going to loot the treasury. It’s all the more risible because there is actually no gelt in it.

]]> By: chsw http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217/comment-page-1#comment-5246 chsw Mon, 08 May 2006 23:29:46 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217#comment-5246 Yes, Sabba Hillel. Both Hamas and Fatah should have the best of luck. chsw Yes, Sabba Hillel. Both Hamas and Fatah should have the best of luck.

chsw

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217/comment-page-1#comment-5242 Sabba Hillel Mon, 08 May 2006 22:58:30 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217#comment-5242 I wish both sides a great deal of success in their fight. The more success they have, the less idiots blowing themselves up and hurting real people there will be. I wish both sides a great deal of success in their fight. The more success they have, the less idiots blowing themselves up and hurting real people there will be.

]]> By: Kav http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217/comment-page-1#comment-5235 Kav Mon, 08 May 2006 17:20:57 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217#comment-5235 Ah, I see, crossed-wires on 'casualty'. I was thinking of it in a more fatalistic sense. Ah, I see, crossed-wires on ‘casualty’. I was thinking of it in a more fatalistic sense.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217/comment-page-1#comment-5234 Meryl Yourish Mon, 08 May 2006 16:51:02 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217#comment-5234 No, the death count is in the headline. The casualty count -- ten more hurt -- is buried deep within the articles. And the AP headline doesn't tell you who was killing whom. Picture the story as an Israeli battle with Hamas. The headline would be something like, "Israel kills 3 palestinians." The lead would include the names and ages of the dead "militants," as well as the number of any other wounded, usually with their ages (especially if they were under the age of 20). The spin is very different when Israel is in the mix. No, the death count is in the headline. The casualty count — ten more hurt — is buried deep within the articles. And the AP headline doesn’t tell you who was killing whom.

Picture the story as an Israeli battle with Hamas. The headline would be something like, “Israel kills 3 palestinians.” The lead would include the names and ages of the dead “militants,” as well as the number of any other wounded, usually with their ages (especially if they were under the age of 20).

The spin is very different when Israel is in the mix.

]]> By: Kav http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217/comment-page-1#comment-5232 Kav Mon, 08 May 2006 16:01:09 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/05/08/1217#comment-5232 You are right about the naming but the casualty count is right up at the top in both, no? You are right about the naming but the casualty count is right up at the top in both, no?

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