April 19, 2004
Fireworks
Posted by nerdling | April 19, 2004 11:50 AM
The new New York Dolls sans Johnny Thunders...with Chrissie Hynde?
In serious news, I'd like to point out a little blurb from the wire. For those of you who are unaware or have not been following the conflicts between Israel and Palestine, Israel assassinated the leader of Hamas, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, a few weeks ago. After his death, Hamas members elected a more conservative (read: angry and violent) leader, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, who was assassinated by Israel over the weekend. I'm not trying to say that either Israel or Palestine are right or wrong in this situation. I think both are pretty squarely wrong for one reason or another, but killing people with targeted missle attacks is only accomplishing one thing: it's pissing people off, and pissing them off at us.
"The Palestinian government considers this Israeli terrorist campaign to be a direct result of American encouragement and the total American bias in favor of the Israeli government," said Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, echoing a widely held sentiment in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinian officials are furious with President Bush for sidelining them, endorsing Sharon's unilateral plan and backing Israel's demand to hang on to parts of the West Bank.
Does this seem like a very bad situation to anyone else?
