Comments on: Hamas tactics: Fear, murder, and intimidation http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:40:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337/comment-page-1#comment-27074 Michael Lonie Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:12:42 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337#comment-27074 Saddam was a great admirer of Ole Joe Djugashvili. Saddam was a great admirer of Ole Joe Djugashvili.

]]> By: Ed Hausman http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337/comment-page-1#comment-27067 Ed Hausman Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:22:44 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337#comment-27067 <blockquote>That is how you rule in the Arab world, murder, massacre and kleptocracy to satisfy the gunmen who keep you in power.</blockquote> Sounds a lot like Joe Stalin to me. Hey, if you have to steal ideas, steal from the best.

That is how you rule in the Arab world, murder, massacre and kleptocracy to satisfy the gunmen who keep you in power.

Sounds a lot like Joe Stalin to me. Hey, if you have to steal ideas, steal from the best.

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337/comment-page-1#comment-27066 Michael Lonie Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:53:03 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337#comment-27066 That is how you rule in the Arab world, murder, massacre and kleptocracy to satisfy the gunmen who keep you in power. In Iraq we are trying to midwife halfway decent, consensual government. If the Iraqis cannot restrain their passions to contrive some such government, they will end with another dictator, who will do on a larger scale what Hamas has just done. That was how Saddam ruled, that is how the Dorktator rules (and Daddy, remember Hama), and if Mubarak needed to do it that is how he would rule. That is how you rule in the Arab world, murder, massacre and kleptocracy to satisfy the gunmen who keep you in power. In Iraq we are trying to midwife halfway decent, consensual government. If the Iraqis cannot restrain their passions to contrive some such government, they will end with another dictator, who will do on a larger scale what Hamas has just done. That was how Saddam ruled, that is how the Dorktator rules (and Daddy, remember Hama), and if Mubarak needed to do it that is how he would rule.

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337/comment-page-1#comment-27061 Sabba Hillel Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:01:09 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/06/22/3337#comment-27061 Considering that Fatah would have done the same thing, perhaps we should hope that our Western politicians grow some backbones. Considering that Fatah would have done the same thing, perhaps we should hope that our Western politicians grow some backbones.

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