A Church Bake Sale – Hamas Style

April 9, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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In Gaza, Hamas has resorted to collecting donations at mosques in order to fund their armed terrorists. This is apparently because American pressure to freeze their bank accounts globally is working.

I wonder when people will start to realize that in some places, Islam cannot be separated from terrorism. I don’t mean to say that ALL of Islam is terrorist, but clearly in some places it works that way. This probably has parallels in some conservatives whites-only churches in the South of the US during the 50’s and 60’s.

This does seem rather Monty Python-esque, though.

Hat Tip: Command Post

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Israel and Yassin

March 23, 2004 by · Leave a Comment
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The other day, Israel killed the leader of Hamas – Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. They did it by destroying his car as he left a mosque in Gaza.

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth in Europe and the Middle East – mainly condemning Israel for the move. European leaders called it “unlawful”.

I beg to disagree.

Israel is in a war against terrorism. Yassin was the leader of a major terrorist group that has acknowledged responsibility for many terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. Therefore, in my mind, Israel is justified in killing the leader of the enemy.

Let’s make it simpler: Israel targets terrorists, and sometimes kills civilians in the process. Hamas (and other Palestinian terrorist groups) targets civilians. It’s that simple.

Israel is also partly responsible for the situation, and they really need to work to find a way to live together in the same place. However, that doesn’t make Israel wrong in this case.

Zeyad gets it in his comments on the Iraqi reaction.

Outside the Beltway got it right yesterday as well.

Add Citizen Smash to the list of people who get it.

Neptunus Lex REALLY gets it, and adds a story about his daughter’s reaction to 9/11 that you must read.

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