February 10, 2003
Here and There, Feb. 10

The Religion of Peace ("not a new form of Nazism") was caught today carrying a suitcase with 20 kg of explosives.

Meanwhile, it seems, the Hamas branch of the Religion of Peace ("not a new form of Nazism") might have expressed some willingness recently to stop attacking civilians inside Israel (temporarily, when they get around to actually agreeing to stop the attacks, and with a possible exception for suicide bombs, see above). Ha'aretz cites a PA report that puts Hamas tactics in context: Any such "ceasefire" is only for tactical reasons. Hamas' real goal is to assume power in the PLO and PA and they'll commit mass murder whenever it serves their political aims (Read the whole thing). If you also read the Hamas Charter you will see that their end game is to establish Sha'aria law and make Israel judenrein. Whatever peace that Israel might be able to achieve with other Palestinians, there is no way to make peace or negotiate with Hamas. I suspect that a necessary pre-condition for a meaningful peace in the region would be to liquidate all Hamas institutions and a large number of its supporters.

The Axis of Weasels, apparently not content with castrating only the United Nations, has now set its sights on dismantling NATO. Yes, the Friedman plan to rejuvenate the UN by having India replace France on the Security Council is a good one. Maybe have India replace France in NATO as well?

A shocking discovery: In 1944, The German-American Bund sent a group of human shields to Hamburg to prevent the Allied invasion of Europe. (well, almost)

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 10, 2003 08:01 AM
Comments

Stefan:
Let me be controversial: Why India? How has it shown that it's a more dependenable ally than France? What makes all the American bloggers presume that India's interest are anymore congruent than than France's?
India might claims its a democracy undergoing economic reforms but I see the country not that much different than the European Union's own sceloric structures?
Who cares since the UN will go the way of the League of Nations?
Speaking of teh French, German and NATO decision's here's a contrarian opinion that's sure to bristle:
http://www.sphaera.blogspot.com/2003_02_09_sphaera_archive.html#90297984

xavier

Posted by: xavier on February 10, 2003 08:54 AM
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