ScottW wrote:


(pyjamarama) wrote in message
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Gee, I wonder if an abject fear of Bush-led US reprisals had anything
to do with it?

Naw, musta been nuanced dialogue, rapproachment and a sensitive,
diplomatic reading of the "root causes" of Arab impotence.

Sure.


Hamas chief says U.S. not a target

Rantisi backs off from earlier threat against AmericansThe Associated
Press
Updated: 6:57 a.m. ET March 24, 2004GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas has
no plans to attack American targets, the group's new leader in Gaza
said Wednesday, backing off earlier threats against Washington
following Israel's assassination of its founder.

Abdel Aziz Rantisi told reporters in Gaza that his group's militant
activities are aimed solely at Israel.

"We are inside Palestinian land and acting only inside Palestinian
land. We are resisting the occupation, nothing else," Rantisi said.
"Our resistance will continue just inside our border here inside our
country."


I would believe him if the Palestinians hadn't rejected an offer for
a Palestinian state. As it is, giving them a state would simply
provide a base for continuing terrorist attacks against Israel.
Hamas time as a leader of the Palestinians has long passed.

ScottW





Agreed. The reality is that if Arafat had not walked away from the Camp David
negotiations after rejecting out of hand perhaps the most generous offers for
return of land ever made by an Israeli government (land captured as a result of
defense against the latest in a series of Arab-lead invasions at the time),
they quite likely could have been enjoying statehood for several years at this
point - with, according to some estimates, about 95% of the land they wanted
for a state.
But as Hamas has made abundantly clear, peaceful coexistence with their own
state is *not* the primary objective of the majority of Palestinians, it would
appear.
Not much has really changed since 1948, unfortunately, when it comes to Arab
views towards Israel, at least amongst Palestinians.



Bruce J. Richman

ScottW wrote:

(pyjamarama) wrote in message . com...

Gee, I wonder if an abject fear of Bush-led US reprisals had anything
to do with it?

Naw, musta been nuanced dialogue, rapproachment and a sensitive,
diplomatic reading of the "root causes" of Arab impotence.

Sure.


Hamas chief says U.S. not a target

Not going to happen. Sorry. They siad it and you can't retract
your statement - I mean - who's going to believe a terrorist
organization? Seriously.

"Joseph Oberlander" wrote in message
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ScottW wrote:

(pyjamarama) wrote in message
. com...

Gee, I wonder if an abject fear of Bush-led US reprisals had anything
to do with it?

Naw, musta been nuanced dialogue, rapproachment and a sensitive,
diplomatic reading of the "root causes" of Arab impotence.

Sure.


Hamas chief says U.S. not a target

Not going to happen. Sorry. They siad it and you can't retract
your statement - I mean - who's going to believe a terrorist
organization? Seriously.

Hamas is a terrorist organization and we should be doing everything
to eliminate their militant wing wether they directly attack the U.S.
or not.

ScottW

ScottW wrote:
"Joseph Oberlander" wrote in message
hlink.net...


ScottW wrote:


(pyjamarama) wrote in message

. com...

Gee, I wonder if an abject fear of Bush-led US reprisals had anything
to do with it?

Naw, musta been nuanced dialogue, rapproachment and a sensitive,
diplomatic reading of the "root causes" of Arab impotence.

Sure.


Hamas chief says U.S. not a target

Not going to happen. Sorry. They siad it and you can't retract
your statement - I mean - who's going to believe a terrorist
organization? Seriously.


Hamas is a terrorist organization and we should be doing everything
to eliminate their militant wing wether they directly attack the U.S.
or not.

There's a war between Israel and Palestine.
Nothing can justify that Hamas is killing Israelite civilians I'm fully
agree with you.
But you cannot say they are terrorists just because of this way of
fighting except if you agree and apologize publicly that USA was a
terrorist nation during the WWII when your government have bombed
Dresden, Hamburg, Nagasaki and Hiroshima... and murdered, *without* any
military objectives, more than 300,000 civilians in this only 4 war actions.
The war is a very sad and dirty job your past and today ones aren't
cleaner than the Hamas one.
Remember that Jesus said "Que celui qui n'a jamais pêcher jette la
première pierre".