solitare: So far, every post condemning or praising Hamas or all, in fact, on all the various resistance groups of Palestinians are nearly exact duplications of all that has ever been said of the PLO when it first burst upon the chaos of Middle East politics and armed conflict in the 60's. And now look at the current status and situation of the PLO. It is "deja vue". I would again strongly urge people to actually read over the entire history of Yasser Arafat and the PLO and its evolution and to also compare his record of "terrorist activities" with those of Menachin Begin, Zionist terrorist turned politician. Two fanatics.
The old PLO and this 'new' one are still an umbrella with many other groups much more 'radical' than the Hamas people, not to mention the several other groups allied in spirit perhaps with Hamas but certainly not answerable to Hamas in any way. These disparate groups are rarely ever mentioned as being totally separate and distinct from other groups, same with those with affiliations with the PLO. The only group totally independent from both factions are currently non operational and that is the old PFLP, arguably one of the most deadly and still influential radical resistance groups among all of the groups against Israel. (Did anyone realize that Dayan and Arafat were related by marriage) Who was Dr. George Habash? )
Whatever side one supports, what ever happened to the ancient dictum of 'know thy enemy'...(???)
If one is going to express anything about a topic, the very least they can do is to know of what you are talking about, which there has been little so far by most. Emotions and actual knowledge are not the same thing no matter how much one wants it to be. Certainly inane little moronic quips and constant referrals to web links are no excuse from actually saying or really contributing to the 'debates' and certainly neither are personalized insults, character assassinations and just plain vulgar ravings of imbecilic uneducated primitives.
Educate yourselves on the PLO and its history. Education is free...a great bargain these days! (If one has a mind for it, that is :laugh
hey you know what ..................i have been sayin this all along..........be informed know what yer talking about, then please have an open and honest debate on this issue and no personal insults please...................stands to reason, well maybe.............