What the hell am I talking about?
How about what the hell is he thinking about?
George, Condi, here's a newsflash for you: Fatah, the "party" you've decided is worthy of recognition simply because they kicked out Jimmah Carter's declared "legitimate" Hamas government is the party of Yassir Arafat!
Remember Ararfat? The guy who socked billions of western aid dollars away in his own personal bank accounts, who knows where? Bank accounts only his wife (who lives a rather posh Parisian life) knows about? Yeah, THAT guy. The same one who chanted "Jihad jihad jihad" on front of screaming throngs of militants mere months before he died, the same one who probalby wore that stupid headgear to hide the face on the other side of his head, the one that smiled and shook hands with Presidents and Prime Ministers assuring them in English he wanted peace while the one on the other side grimmaced and choked back vomit, and would spew forth later in front of his hometown crowd in Arabic that his most fervent wish was to secure the "Right of Return" from the river to the sea!
Now I understand what guys like Denns Ross are saying--that Fatah is a nationalist movement while Hamas is a religious nutroots movement, and for all their corruption and history of problems, nationalist movements like Fatah can be dealt with. Religious movements? Not so much. Actually, not at all. But crap, with friends like these, who needs enemies?
If it were up to me, I'd tell them all to go blow (themselves up), but it's not up to me (probably a good thing). Let's hope the Bush administration knows what they're doing backing any horse in this race.
Posted by insomnomaniac at June 18, 2007 9:45 PM | TrackBack