Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Fruitcake in July: the Palestinian leader speaks out
Ismail Haniyeh has an Op-Ed in today’s Washington Post entitled Aggression Under False Pretenses. Name not necessarily ringing a bell? Well, the Post’s blurb at the end of the piece describes him thusly: “The writer is prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority.” Does that help much? Of course, he is also the head of Hamas, which the State Department has designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (but I guess including that in the description would have been considered rude). You may also recall him from an earlier interview he had with the Washington Post this past February: 'We Do Not Wish to Throw Them Into the Sea'
Anyway, the Post has given him prime Op-Ed space to explain exactly why, when you get right down to it, all the problems going on in that area of the world are the fault of the Israelis. Forget what you read and hear about Israel wanting some soldier returned; as Mr. Haniyeh so eloquently puts it:
“The "kidnapped" Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit is only a pretext for a job scheduled months ago.”
I first read his piece late last night and was struck by the sheer moonbatiness of it. It has all the intellectual gravitas of Cindy Sheehan…which is why I resisted immediately posting on it. I can’t improve on his effort here to come across as a wacko; some things just speak for themselves.
But if you’re interested in other commentary on this piece, check out Media Blog on National Review Online, where fellow MBA-blogger Soccer Dad is given prominent mention for his roundup of coverage on this terrorist’s Op-Ed: Giving a terrorist a platform. (well done, SD!)
Anyway, the Post has given him prime Op-Ed space to explain exactly why, when you get right down to it, all the problems going on in that area of the world are the fault of the Israelis. Forget what you read and hear about Israel wanting some soldier returned; as Mr. Haniyeh so eloquently puts it:
“The "kidnapped" Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit is only a pretext for a job scheduled months ago.”
I first read his piece late last night and was struck by the sheer moonbatiness of it. It has all the intellectual gravitas of Cindy Sheehan…which is why I resisted immediately posting on it. I can’t improve on his effort here to come across as a wacko; some things just speak for themselves.
But if you’re interested in other commentary on this piece, check out Media Blog on National Review Online, where fellow MBA-blogger Soccer Dad is given prominent mention for his roundup of coverage on this terrorist’s Op-Ed: Giving a terrorist a platform. (well done, SD!)
