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2006-01-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Jackal 2006-01-26 09:32|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You can't run a gov't from a shadowy lair somewhere in Gaza. The upshot here is that they will have to show up for work. It'll be nice to have them in one easily-targeted spot. I'm just saying.

Posted by BH 2006-01-26 10:08|| 2006-01-26 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 It would be veeeerrrry interesting if Hamas refuse to form a government, as the article hints they might do. What happens then? It's not as if Mr. Abbas would return to his desk, which he so gratefully fled the morning. After all, he already couldn't accomplish anything when his "party" power, so how could he accomplish anything when it lost the election?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-26 10:52|| 2006-01-26 10:52|| Front Page Top

#3 If Hamas refuses to form a government that will be tantamount to an earthquake also; with may dead Paleostinians. Let's see how they like official anarchy.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-26 10:58|| 2006-01-26 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Make sure everyone knows hamas cuddled with ahmadinejad. That shows who they are better than any diplomat, analyst or pundit ever could.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-01-26 12:32|| 2006-01-26 12:32|| Front Page Top

#5 As someone pointed out, a Hamas victory is a great opportunity for everybody who reluctantly gives the Paleos money to stop doing so. Hamas won't ever renounce violence, which was the key for Fatah to get the big bucks; even though they didn't mean it.

So what the situation boils down to is that the only support, almost exclusively weapons and explosives, that Hamas will get will come from the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood. Iran, however, will both fully-fund and arm Hizbullah to try and supplant Hamas.

So odds are, the two of them will be involved in some serious throat cutting, sooner rather than later.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-26 13:43|| 2006-01-26 13:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Kinda takes the salt out of the concern for "collateral damage" as the IDF continues to deal with these vermin now doesn't it?

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-26 15:57|| 2006-01-26 15:57|| Front Page Top

#7 "Moslem World" cheers Hamas victory

Gimme an 'H' ... gimme an 'A' ... gimme a-BOOM ...

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-01-26 16:20|| 2006-01-26 16:20|| Front Page Top

#8 "Moslem World"?

Mars?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-01-26 17:48|| 2006-01-26 17:48|| Front Page Top

#9 No, Uranus. Muslims will positively be giddy when the Israelis deport the whole lot.

Posted by ed 2006-01-26 17:52|| 2006-01-26 17:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Good. They are about to get an object lesson in who is responsible when assholes get elected in fair elections. Nobody can talk about the poor oppressed Paleostinian people who don't have the power to throw off their dictators any more. Someone shoule remind them that's how Hitler got to power and look how that ended up for the Germans who voted him in.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-26 18:02|| 2006-01-26 18:02|| Front Page Top

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