March 23, 2004

What, You Were Expecting a Moderate?

“Hamas Names Hard-line Figure as New Leader in Gaza”

Isn’t that like a headline saying “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Name Attractive Woman as New Captain"?

I think you lose your Hamas ghetto pass if you’re anything BUT a “hard-line figure.” And I really don’t understand these people arguing against the assassination of Yassin- what, are we afraid we’ll piss off Hamas and they’ll start killing Israelis? Hello- Hamas exists for no other reason than to kill Israelis, and make Israel go away!

A group of the International ANSWER Stalinists had a protest of the death of the mass murderer (Yassin, not Stalin) tonight in front of the Israeli Consolate in Manhattan. I only caught the tail-end of it, as a few protestors on either side took turns yelling at the Aryan-looking reporter from ABC7 for their perceived "biases." I'd have covered the whole thing, including a rumored appearance by Little Red Kaffiyah Hood, but alas I had to stay at work 'til 6, and the event was all but over by the time I arrived.

Also on the topic, Michele has a memorable Fisking of- who else- Robert Fisk.

And finally, Allison Kaplan Sommer, who lives in Israel and has to deal with this nonsense every day, gets the last word:

That is what these three-plus years of Intifada have done to the Israeli public. They see that when we try to make nice and compromise we get terror attacks. And when we're tough and aggressive we get terror attacks. Nothing we do seems to lower the motivation to slaughter Israeli civilians -- men, women, or children -- and in the case of Hamas, to see the state of Israel destroyed. So since there's absolutely nothing to lose by getting Yassin, and something to possibly gain -- at least temporarily derailing the Hamas leadership structure, and hopefully weakening it long-term -- so why not go ahead and do it?
Posted by Stephen Silver at March 23, 2004 09:43 PM
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