[WS:] Other countries require a visa prior to entry too, India, Pakistan, Russia, the US to name a few.
Wojtek
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> At first I assumed that Fisk's latest was an awkward attempt at irony that I
> just wasn't getting:
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-democratic-governments-dont-deal-with-terrorists-ndash-until-they-do-2369660.html
>
> Then I reached this part:
>
> "More than 10 years ago, the UN engineered a similar swap. Half the Lebanese
> prisoners came home during the hostage swap; then the Israelis decided to
> keep the other half.
>
> "The UN's special negotiator told me personally that when he pointed this
> out to then-UN Secretary General, the latter said of the remaining
> prisoners: 'Forget them.' No doubt Hamas can be equally as ruthless. Since
> they are now trying to force journalists and others to obtain 'visas' before
> visiting their Republic of Gaza, we may not know."
> Leaving aside the idiocy of denigrating Hamas because of Zionism's track
> record, does Fisk really think the absurdity of a government asking
> foreigners to obtain "visas" in advance, rather than stamping them in our
> "passports" at the "border," is so glaring as the require no further
> explanation? Or is his sense of humor simply lost on me?
>
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen
> lytlað."
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