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2005-02-03 Israel-Palestine

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-03 3:38:55 PM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hizb'Allah gets its money from Iran. If Hamas has problems getting funding, and they should have problems, given their dismal record of success, then Hizb'Allah should be able to take over. Just with money and muscle. They will be in Gaza and they are in southern Lebanon and Syria. The Paleos are tools. I see this development as a real threat to Israel, as these terrorists will disburse themselves among the masses of Paleos, using them as shields, so to speak.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-03 4:26:37 PM|| 2005-02-03 4:26:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 One more reason why the notion that a party (Hamas, etc.) can have both political and military wings should go the way of the dodo. Define these groups as terrorist groups, period.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-02-03 4:29:37 PM|| 2005-02-03 4:29:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 J187: One more reason why the notion that a party (Hamas, etc.) can have both political and military wings should go the way of the dodo.

The distinction was always about shielding the leadership - generally referred to as being from the political wing - from arrest or military measures.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-03 4:44:47 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-03 4:44:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Zhang Fei-Do you think the movers and shakers in the EU on Israel/Palestine policy (our "partners' in the Peace Plan) make that fine a distinction, in terms of their pet causes? Does Israel?

It may well have been about shielding the leadership, but anyway, why should they be shielded?

Posted by Jules 187 2005-02-03 4:50:00 PM|| 2005-02-03 4:50:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 J187: It may well have been about shielding the leadership, but anyway, why should they be shielded?

I agree that this is a false distinction. The IRA may have been the originator of this idea.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-03 5:28:41 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-03 5:28:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 This could be the opportunity to decide this issue once and for all. The Israelis complete their security fence, pull their forces out of all the disputed territories, and the Paleos give the self-governing thing a go. If and when the Paleos really phuque things up and Hezbollah, IJ, and/or AQ end up being the absolute ruling authority in the West bank and/or Gaza and begin launching attacks anew on Israel, then the IDF goes in with guns blazing, mows down all the terrorists in sight, and banishes forever the idea of a nation named Palestine.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-03 5:45:19 PM|| 2005-02-03 5:45:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 B-A-R I go along with your plan. I really think the Paleo need to be given all the chances they can to get their act together with out any external influence or intervention from anyone as the only caveat. Once they totally screw that up if they attack Israel then the land should be cleared of them or they can die where they stand.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-03 6:28:29 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-03 6:28:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 SPoD - I'll take what's behind Door #2. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-02-03 7:29:03 PM|| 2005-02-03 7:29:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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