Europeaser Union Watch: EU opens debate on cutting off support for Hamas
BRUSSELS, June 13 — The European Union will consider how to cut off funding for Hamas after this week's suicide attacks against Israelis by the militant Islamic organisation, the bloc's foreign policy chief said on Friday.[emphasis mine]. I wonder which will happen first: (a) Israel exterminates the Hamas, or (b) the EU terminates funding for the Hamas. Please, no wagering.
''The EU will discuss this issue with a view to finding ways to end external support to Hamas,'' Javier Solana said in a statement.
An official said the statement showed the EU -- which has the military wing of Hamas on its list of banned ''terrorist'' groups but not its charitable wing -- finally opened the debate on a wider clampdown long sought by Washington.
That great down-there newspaper The Age calls Hamas "spiritual leader" Sheikh Ahmed Yassin "The Hamas leader Sharon dares not assassinate". I give the crippled former gymnast (read the article) one month, tops. But please, no wagering. The Age also quotes a "commander of Hamas's military wing" as being "ready for dialogue"
Hamas is not inflexible. It is our goal to return all of Palestine to its rightful owners but we recognise that this must come in stages.Some free business advice to The Age: Read the Hamas Charter
And this AP photo shows some young Hamas women who love America so much they are using this photo op in their application to study at Evergreen State College.
Evergreen State College is the perfect segue from the Hamas to Washington State and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Today's P-I has a front page "Analysis" piece on the recently concluded state budget. It opens with the delicious admission that
Liberals were doomed from the start.Add to the "What Liberal Media? Oh That Liberal Media" file, the P-I's wrap-up of the budget's "Winners" and "Losers". The former including: "Republicans", "Boeing and business" and "Gov. Locke", and the latter are: "The poor", "Teachers" and "Democrats". Mysteriously, their Winners column omits "Ordinary Taxpayers". Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at June 13, 2003 10:40 AM
Speaking of Evergreen State -- here's a piece on yesterday's graduation ceremonies. Rachel Corrie features prominently.
Posted by: Erin O'Connor on June 14, 2003 12:53 AMGee, I was ever so touched by the, "20,00 poor children" and their loss of health care benefits...
What this is indicative of is irresponsible adults having kids and not being able to afford them to the point they have to depend on state handouts of health care benefits...
Note that Ms. Galloway who penned this so called analysis didn't even once suggest that she and other like minded citizens who seem to think that these poor kids need health care of starting a medical trust fund with their own moeny to cover these kids... You know what I mean, putting their money where their whine is...
Posted by: russ on June 14, 2003 06:55 AM