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ctembreull · 09-13-2003, 09:45 PM

Oh, this is a fucking great idea. Really it is. Let's kill a popular leader in a highly volatile nation-state, thereby making him a martyr and inciting those who followed him into a towering, murderous rage. You'll be able to hear the explosions for miles and miles, I tell you. And there will be a lot of explosions.

Frankly, I don't know what to actually do about Arafat. He's certainly not helping things. And the Israel-Palestine issue certainly is well beyond simple solutions. But what I can tell you is that simply "solving" the problem by offing Arafat is probably the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas. You do not combat terrorism by creating new terrorists - and killing Arafat will give Hamas all the fresh, willing, and highly-pissed volunteers it will ever need.

Whose fucking stupid-ass idea was this, anyway?

09-13-2003, 09:45 PM	#27 (permalink)
ctembreull Crazy Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA, Earth	Oh, this is a fucking great idea. Really it is. Let's kill a popular leader in a highly volatile nation-state, thereby making him a martyr and inciting those who followed him into a towering, murderous rage. You'll be able to hear the explosions for miles and miles, I tell you. And there will be a lot of explosions. Frankly, I don't know what to actually do about Arafat. He's certainly not helping things. And the Israel-Palestine issue certainly is well beyond simple solutions. But what I can tell you is that simply "solving" the problem by offing Arafat is probably the worst idea in the long, sad history of bad ideas. You do not combat terrorism by creating new terrorists - and killing Arafat will give Hamas all the fresh, willing, and highly-pissed volunteers it will ever need. Whose fucking stupid-ass idea was this, anyway? __________________ Mac "If it's nae Scottish, it's crap! Last edited by ctembreull; 09-13-2003 at 09:47 PM..