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Hamas ridicules US Senator's call for US troops
IRNA — Hamas has ridiculed a call by US Senator Richard Lugar for dispatching American troops to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to fight Hamas. "It seems the senator's tongue functions much more swiftly than his mind does," said Hamas' spokesman in Ramallah, Hasan Silwadi. "Doesn't he know that Hamas exists in every Palestinian home? Doesn't he know that Israel, with all its military might and Nazi-like brutality couldn't defeat Hamas?"
| Ummm... No, and no. It's a lousy idea, but only because the IDF is perfectly capable of defeating Hamas itself, assuming it wants to expend the manpower. |
Silwadi rebuked Lugar for acting contrary to purported American ideals of freedom and liberty. "You claim that your country stands for freedom. But what your country is doing in Palestine represents the antithesis of freedom and liberty."
| Only the antithesis of the Islamic definition of same, which doesn't apply to the individual but to the state... |
The Islamic leader defended Palestinian bombings inside Israel, arguing that they are inevitable due to Israel's Nazi-like treatment of the Palestinian people. Silwadi argued that Israel was offering the Palestinians two choices, either brutal death in 'our homes, markets, mosques, farms and streets or brutal death as suicide bombers in the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. . . I challenge Lugar to give us a third choice'.
| Lessee, here. Giving up on the armed struggle™ nonsense, leading to negotiations, compromise, the establishment of a Paleostinian state, free elections, Mom, apple pie — or felafel — and a host of other things that don't involve loud noises and flying meat. |
He said Palestinians had no other means to defend themselves and their children against Israeli brutality. "Jewish Nazism breeds Palestinian suicide bombings," he added forcefully.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-06-17 |
