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2004-10-06 Israel-Palestine

Palestinians find comfort in rumors of success against Israelis

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-06 10:32:18 PM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Better a rumor of death than the real thing. Sad though, that their best "victories" are fiction.

halliburton! halliburton! halliburton!

(it didn't work for Edwards, either)

Posted by Brutus 2004-10-06 12:41:08 AM|| 2004-10-06 12:41:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 in other news, drug addicts find "comfort" in heroin. It's self destructive - but it feels good.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-06 12:44:29 AM|| 2004-10-06 12:44:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 4 years of Intifada and terrorism have brought extreme suffering, death and destruction to the Palestinians. What else do they have to show? They've done no deep lasting damage to Israel, they've accomplished zero except making Israel united and making the idea of a wall popular and inevitable. It's kept Sharon popular and in power.

Hmmm, what are the implications here? Does this mean terrorism doesn't work and drags your own side down into a greater misery, violence, depravity, corruption and oppression and leaves your people at the mercy of thugs? ...Naw, couldn't be. They must not be trying hard enough. More attacks on Zionist schools, busses, playgrounds and wedding ceremonies. Praise Allah, victory is near! We're gonna start whooping them Zionists any day now.

In all seriousness, it's a shame that their supporters in Europe and the Muslim world only encourage these delusions and don't demand reform or a more rational and civilized approach toward trying to get and build their own country. But then again, that was never really anyone's real objective in any event.

Posted by John in Tokyo 2004-10-06 2:45:52 AM|| 2004-10-06 2:45:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The ever growing wasteland that is Palestine is and has been created by Palestinians for Palestinians. If they think this hell can't get any worse wait until all the settlements are gone and they attack Israel. It's will get much worse before it ever gets better.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-06 3:23:07 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-10-06 3:23:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "In truth, no Israelis died, and one Palestinian gunman was killed.... "

People who believe that they will be able to ravish virgins in 'paradise' right after they've blown their own bodies into pieces can be fed any old story.

Posted by Bryan 2004-10-06 6:54:41 AM|| 2004-10-06 6:54:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 There is something very wrong with the arab psyche. Despite the "facts on the ground" they continue to believe in some wild fantasy of superiority and manifest destiny.

Believing he would precipitate the return of a 7th century-like caliphate, bin laden strikes an open, free society that couldn't even imagine such an atrocity. And so, he is attacked, defeated, retreating to some forsaken mountain range in Pakistan.

Since the creation of Israel, amidst their continuous seething, arab states alternatively plot, attack and lose, believing they will prevail. And what has it gotten them? They're holed up in "refugee camps," with corrupt, self-serving, greedy, incompetent "leadership."

And the arab public feeds on this crap. It's the stuff of comic books, frankly.

And the answer, ironically, can be drawn from another fantasy -- it's downright Wizard-of-Oz-ish. They've had the power to fix the problem and make their lives better the whole time. To eradicate their misery, all they ever needed to do was negotiate honestly and realistically.

Posted by PlanetDan 2004-10-06 7:04:35 AM|| 2004-10-06 7:04:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Drama Queens and Fantasists - it's so much easier than doing anything yourself to better yourself, isn't it?

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-06 7:48:24 AM|| 2004-10-06 7:48:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Denial. A river in Egypt and an Arab mindset.

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-06 9:03:57 AM|| 2004-10-06 9:03:57 AM|| Front Page Top

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