More and more this looks like a major power struggle between Abbas and Hamas. Personally I'm rooting for Abbas.

Well making an announcement is one thing, enforcing it is another……I would like to see him succeed as well, but he may not have the horses…

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So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

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I agree I hope Abbas wins this internal struggle, but I too am sceptical of whether he has the power to do so.

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Syria and Iran are supporting all terrorists and illegal movement in the middle east from to hamas to hiziballah and the movements in Iraq
I think something must be done at this stage

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'christian';
Let's evacuate all Lebanese christian collaborators to Washington.

Happy ?

Or here's a thought, we could evacuate all Shiite collaberators to Iran. Moonie do you ever listen to how the rhetoric you spew actually sounds. My god man I remember hearing crap like that from teh USSR during the cold war. We kind of laughed at it then as well.

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Gort;
Your efforts to depict yourself as a seasoned campaigner disgust me. They also have nothing to do with the topic.
The rest of your blather is half CH4 and 50% methane. Go away and annoy some newbies.

Nothing like a little ethnic cleansing, eh moon?

Such a repugnant policy to suggest.

Matt

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I do not depict myself as anything other than what I am, a centrist who doesn't bother with the partisan BS. If you do not like my comments you do not have to read them or respond. If you are annoyed by them perhaps you should look inward and ask why.

Moonie in fact I did respond to the topic of the thread an the two posts I made. That is a 100% on topic percentage on this thread. To bad you were not able to do the same.

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I'm glad to see that you're against ethnic cleansing. Me too.

Clearly that's not what I'm suggesting. 'christian' is a self-confessed Pallangist in a society which may well be run by Hizballah in the near future. He may want evacuation and he obviously admires Washington. I asked if he approved, but you glossed over that in your haste to slur.
Of course, he'll be welcome to stay, I'm sure.


Gort, you started to describe yourself, again, and I got bored and didn't finish. I trust you weren't relating anything of importance.

See moonie that is the mature way to handle the problem. Cudos, apperantly you can learn.

However I am not sure what the christians in lebanon have to do with Abbas or Hamas which was in case you forgot the topic here.

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If you recall, 'christians' in Lebanon slaughtered Palestinian refugees and Hizballah opened a second front with the Zionists to take the pressure off Hamas.

I think that's what the originator of post #4 was referring to. Do keep up, Gort.

He at least mentioned the topic in his post. Your reply was pure insult and did not even attempt to mention the topic.

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Gort;
I find misrepresentation insulting and you're not even mentioning the topic right now. If you can't stay on topic, go away.


There's no doubt that the American/Zionist pressure on Palestine is fomenting civil war. That's clear. To claim that such a terrorist tactic is actually designed to oppose terrorism is typical of the sort of hypocrisy that this administration has adopted as 'policy'. They want us to accept that 'war means peace', another nail in the coffin of freedom as they drag us further into their Orwellian nightmare.

Mahmoud Abbas will need much more than simple statements to eliminate Hamas as a political party and as a militia. Given the history of the region, governments in the area (especially the Palestinian Authority) have not been able to provide for its people. Through giving to the people what the government could not provide, terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah gain major influence with the masses. Compared to Abbas' Palestinian Authority, Hamas can easily trump the current government. Abbas will have to be able to take the fight to Hamas, and if that means violence, so be it.

If Abbas wants any chance of gaining at least a temporary military truce with Israel, he will have to eliminate Hamas as a political party and as a militia.