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2006-11-02 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Peretz okays transfer of 5,000 rifles to Abbas

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Feeding the hand that bites you.

(I made that saying up in the 7^th grade along with "Ships from a sinking rat".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-02 00:44|| 2006-11-02 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Not necessarily. Fatah has proven that it is preferable to Hamas, Hizb'allah, and Al-Q, so making the Fatah gang the strong one to survive the coming civil war is not necessarily the worst choice. After all, we in the West chose to back Stalin over Hitler and then had to contain the Soviet Union for all of those years. But having Hitler actually defeat the Soviet Union and gain all those resources and all that manpower {think of the Ukraine and the Free Russian Army} would have been worse. In the same view, backing Fatah over the other thugs in Paleoland makes strategic sense, although it sucks in many ways.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-02 02:01|| 2006-11-02 02:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Rifles engineered to blow up in the shooters' faces after x years or y rounds? I just thought of this 'planned obsolescence' application, but it strikes me as something we ought to consider with all our export arms.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-11-02 07:31|| 2006-11-02 07:31|| Front Page Top

#4 I hear they're French rifles - never fired, only dropped once...

Posted by Raj 2006-11-02 08:07|| 2006-11-02 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Perhaps the cartridges, dipped in pig fat, have to be bitten befor they can be used.

Posted by King of the Khyber Rifles 2006-11-02 08:10|| 2006-11-02 08:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Let Abbas and Co pay good money for them, just like Hamas.

Posted by ed 2006-11-02 08:53|| 2006-11-02 08:53|| Front Page Top

#7 I disapprove of this transaction.

Posted by Bibi 2006-11-02 09:27|| 2006-11-02 09:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Shielfwolf, I understand your logic and it is most likely an accurate assessment of the situation. It's much like having to opt for being raped instead of murdered. I'm just wary of all things Palestinian. These ingrates have proven themselves to be absolutely unworthy of the least generosity. Let's hope these weapons are of a calibre that only Israel makes the ammunition for.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-02 13:14|| 2006-11-02 13:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Peretz okays transfer of 5,000 rifles to Abbas

Looks like the approval arrived long after they took possession of the goods!

Posted by gorb 2006-11-02 15:26|| 2006-11-02 15:26|| Front Page Top

#10 rifles dont mean a thing against IDF tanks, if it comes to that. As long as they dont have antitank weapons, and years to build up defenses, like Hezb did. And since the IDF has repeatedly been in and out of Gaza, I dont think anyone there is getting the respite that Hezb got.

Rifles are useful for the Gaza civil war, though. No I dont think theres ANY caliber of ammo that cant be made elsewhere, but I dont think thats a huge concern.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-11-02 16:09|| 2006-11-02 16:09|| Front Page Top

#11 I hope Israel recorded all of the weapons' serial numbers so that their military can tell when they fall into terrorist hands. Anyone willing to bet that it won't happen?

[crickets]

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-02 17:16|| 2006-11-02 17:16|| Front Page Top

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