Comments on: Amnesty And Looting In Hamas' Gaza

Islamic Group Takes Control Of Gaza Strip, Splitting Palestinian Territories Into Two

[hmmagain]

' ... If there's 10 billion folk each w/ 317 new songs & dances a day, why can't i find the 100,000 s&ds nearest me?
if there's a tiny percentage of the world dancing get sick soon tax the world first strike on the trail songs on all the front pages, how are the get well soon feed the world first aid on the trail folk making their ends meet? if food & medicine volunteers are feeding the world by making everyone pay for lunch, are they really feeding the world, or just starving it in the names of peace & prosperity? (there's more food thrown away each day than is needed to feed the world)? if we closed vietnam & opened dare in the school houses, have we considered nuking the scools as we considered in vietnam? & why wage war against foreign drug lords in local schools, isn't that like spanking washington by roasting fish at the beach? if kid age five & less absorb 99 plus percent of all spankings, & that figure only comes more close to 100% during wartime (as children are more likely to die in war than are soldiers), then shouldn't we forgive those who wage wars instead of killing kids to punish them? ... '

[elengil]

closethippy, the occupation *was* over in Gaza, and this was the result.

[drquest]

As an American I am thinking why in the f*** is every item reported by the media siezed upon by the middle east and used to whine about the something the US did or did not do. If I was a palestinian, I would be more focused on what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank, oh wait you probably live in the US then don't you?

This action By Hamas is probably the best thing that could've happened for the West Bank. Lets move on.

[closethippy]

As a Palestinian I find it amazing how melodramatic the news media gets whenever something happens with Hamas.
I remember when the wheelchair bound leader of Hamas was blown to pieces by an Israeli missile. The local radio talk shows were talking about the event as if a new era had dawn upon us, a new era that will be fraught with danger. People were calling expressing all kinds of fears, and prejudices, about Palestinians.
And I'm thinking to myself, "Gee, it's just an old man in a wheel chair. What's the freaking big deal, guys?!"
And now look at the article above, "a historic and horrific event", "creation of terrorist mini-state", and so on.
What ***, man. The flare for drama Americans have is embarrasing to watch and at times madenning. It's really upsetting to see how the US makes the biggest deal out of nothing. In the case of Iraq's WMDs, literally nothing.
How can you go on scaring yourselves like that? What purpose does it serve? Can't you see how you get yourselves and everyone else in trouble?
The mistake Abbas made is that unlike Arafat he was unwilling to work with militant groups like Hamas.
This would not have happened and it never happened under Arafat because the man knew how to deal with these groups.
Abbas presides over a very corrupt party and Hamas let him know that. It's not the end of the world, or whatever you want to think to scare yourselves.
You want things to get better? END THE FREAKING OCCUPATION. Just for once, do it!!!