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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Fisher"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Hitchens: kill 'em before they
> start
>
>
> > bingo. i think this is very easy to forget,
> but it is absolutely
> > critical to understanding the nature of the
> situation. remember, israel
> > fomented *precisely* religious palestinian
> activism in the form of
> > hamas, meant as a counterweight to the
> secular nationalism of the plo.
> > i wonder how hitch fits that into his little
> schema.
> >
> > j
>
> The Hamas Israel thought it was supporting
> turned into a rather different
> beast. It would be nuts to suggest that Israel
> wanted to foment are
> organization of rejectionist suicide bombers to
> discredit the PLO.
of course, but if that's your main line of response, then i do believe you're missing the point, which one might possibly put this way: "be careful what you wish for . . ." what the fuck *did* they expect, for cryin' out loud? and they were still supporrting hamas quite recently, it turns out. shall i track down the posts to this list on that topic in the archives?
not only am i now trapped behind a firewall in an office, which makes my e-life miserable, but this is my third post of the day. :-)
j
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