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| 2002-05-13 |
| Emmanuel Goldstein at Airstrip One very reasonably asks ("Where Bias can lead") where the opinions are from us Hard Righters on the "latest vote by the Likud saying 'never' to a Palestinian state." I thank Mr. Goldstein for giving me the benefit of the doubt, as I hadn't started the day's blogging, and my opinion, such as it is at the moment, is duly recorded below. (Never let it be said that I'm scared of expressing an opinion and looking like an idiot when additional facts come out.) Opinions of other bloggers will probably trickle in over the course of the day, or maybe the next couple days, as we digest the stupidity of the vote. In regard to his latest post, re opinion on Liberia, I consider Charles Taylor to be a better choice than his old rival, Prince Johnson, but Beelzebub with a Pitchfork to be a better choice than either of them. And I heartily agree that a ten-foot pole isn't long enough. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 You know, I USED to think Bibi Netanyahu had better sense than this. Hell, he _does_ have better sense than this. Or is he just so consumed with the possibility of knocking Arik Sharon off his perch and becoming Likud's man in the next election that he's forgotten to see the forest for the trees? This hands the Palestinians their rationale to go on fighting on a silver platter. Bah. If I were Israeli, I might even consider switching back to Labor if Likud is going to be such a bunch of tactically challenged idiots... |
| Posted by: Joe 2002-05-13 17:54:28 |
| #5 I had chimed in last night-http://markbyron.blogspot.com/2002_05_12_markbyron_archive.html#76477356. It's depressing, as there isn't s Palestinan party willing and able to negotiate a full peace with. We're left with the birds of prey, the hawk Sharon and the falcon Bibi. The left is grabbing the barf bag over the idea that Sharon's now the moderate. |
| Posted by: Mark Byron 2002-05-13 17:50:20 |
| #4 I'll weigh in with a vote for 'stupid'. There is a battle going on in the LGF comments on this same story. I declined to post, but it's here for those braver than I: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=3047#comments |
| Posted by: KathyK 2002-05-13 15:30:27 |
| #3 Damian Penny got his opinion in last night. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-05-13 12:33:24 |
| #2 Well, it's not too bright a move. Bibi is driving this. I still question whether or not a Palestinian state in Gaza, Sumeria and Judea [ http://www.rsballard.com/weblog/archives/000276.html#000276 ] can ever be what you call 'viable' but I guess we gotta give 'em the chance huh? I do agree with Goldstein's comment that this decision is a 'slap in the face of America'. |
| Posted by: bob 2002-05-13 12:13:37 |
| #1 And as an afterthought, the very next blog I browsed, American Kaiser, also uses the word "stupid" with regard to the vote. Looks like opinion is starting to firm up... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-05-13 12:05:49 |