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2006-05-17 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Abbas urges EU to give Hamas chance to adapt

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Chance to adapt? Hamas is an evolutionary dead end.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-05-17 01:28|| 2006-05-17 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 The Paleo Family Tree does not fork.

/foxworthy

Posted by Jeanter Phererong6054 2006-05-17 02:04|| 2006-05-17 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Translation: Please don't let them kill me!

Posted by Spot">Spot 2006-05-17 08:44|| 2006-05-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Please, please. Just a few more dozen murders and they'll have it out of their systems, OK?

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-17 09:38|| 2006-05-17 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 "The new government must be given the chance to adapt to the basic requirements of the international community."

How many more decades of "adaptation time do Palestinians need?

No "adaptation" time; Hamas needs to sh*t or get off the pot. And because Hamas got its authority from the Palestinian people, it is not only Hamas that must do the adapting. The Palestinians will either accept a really very simple, reasonable request-recognize Israel's legitimate existence and recognize that suicide bombings are not a legitimate form of political negotiation (and pressure Hamas to uphold these principles), or let land greed, stubborn pride, and intransigence lead to more meaningless deaths for their families and children.

What the EU says is besides the point.

Posted by Jules 2006-05-17 10:03|| 2006-05-17 10:03|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought that is what we were doing, and what the IDF was doing. I would have bombed the shit out of them the day after the elections.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-05-17 11:28|| 2006-05-17 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree.

But HAMAS MUST ACT FIRST. No more of this damn "everyone else must give concessions before we will do anything" shit. YOU FIRST, ABBAS. YOU FIRST, HAMAS. I am goddamned sick and tired of working with people who think they're the center of the goddamned universe, with the egos and mentalities of 3 year olds still in diapers wailing at the top of their lungs when someone as much as asks them to do anything.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-05-17 11:47|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-05-17 11:47|| Front Page Top

#8 abbas is asking EU to give money to Hamas, even as he sends his boys out to kill Hamas. This is a request with a wink, designed for the Pal street, not real pressure on the EU. I mean c'mon.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2006-05-17 13:56|| 2006-05-17 13:56|| Front Page Top

#9 "He warned of dire consequences if the Israeli government goes ahead with plans to impose a border on the Palestinians."

Any border?

Posted by Perfesser 2006-05-17 15:35|| 2006-05-17 15:35|| Front Page Top

#10 That didn't make any sense to me either LH. I was thinking it was more to get a chance at a dialog with the not-quite-as-unreasonale-as-the-other-genocidal-bastards faction within Hamas.

Posted by Mike N. 2006-05-17 16:42|| 2006-05-17 16:42|| Front Page Top

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