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2004-02-21

Hamas: temporary or emergency leadership in Gaza

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2004-02-21 00:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fred, c'mon over to my place, I'll have the beer and popcorn waiting ...

Posted by Steve White 2004-2-21 12:40:16 AM|| 2004-2-21 12:40:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Couldn't happen to a more deserving people....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-2-21 11:20:22 AM|| 2004-2-21 11:20:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope my shipment of big foam fingers arrives in time...

Posted by Fred 2004-2-21 12:03:15 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:03:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 So Sharon proposes unilateral withdrawl from Gaza and both sides have cows? It seems to me (pardon my ignorance) but the only Israeli objection to pulling out of Gaza would be the religious "Manifest Destiny" types in fortified settlments. The GPP (Gaza Pullout Plan) seems like a winner to me.

BTW, Fred, which digit on your foam finger shipment is extended, middle or index, or perhaps index and pinkie? LOL!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-21 12:27:16 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:27:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Why not have Egypt take control?

Posted by B 2004-2-21 12:32:29 PM|| 2004-2-21 12:32:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm beginning to see the evil grin on Ariel Sharon's face as more and more is written about the Israeli pullout of Gaza, and I like it!

Sharon pulls all the Israelis out of Gaza. Civil war breaks out, and devastates both the population and any economic activity going on in the Strip. Israel finishes the West Bank wall, and starts in on the Gaza wall. Gaza becomes a cesspool, with the PA unable to do anything, and at the same time, Gaza is also sucking money from the PA and any international aid groups funneling money in that direction. Both walls are finished, the "palestinians" are isolated, and the effectiveness they're so well known for sees them rapidly regress 800 years in 20. Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Lebanon (if they're still able) must spend a larger and larger portion of their budget to keep the "palestinians" afloat, preventing the money from being used to wage war against Israel, either directly or through proxy.

Sharon is one clever dude!

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-21 12:46:48 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-21 12:46:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Why not have Egypt take control?

Becuase once the border with Egypt was open and the money flow dried up, almost everyone would leave and Gaza would be an almost empty stretch of desert.

Posted by phil_b 2004-2-21 6:32:50 PM|| 2004-2-21 6:32:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Becuase once the border with Egypt was open and the money flow dried up, almost everyone would leave and Gaza would be an almost empty stretch of desert.

That would be the logical course of action. Egypt wouldn't touch that idea with a ten-foot pole:

1) Gaza would cease being a pressure point on Israel (or at worst, it'd be a controllable one) and

2)Egypt would be faced with thousands of Palestinian refugees. Not a good recipe for national stabilization.

Posted by Pappy 2004-2-21 9:48:43 PM|| 2004-2-21 9:48:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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