tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post5617689389370891401..comments2023-09-30T08:07:26.165-04:00Comments on Mystical Politics: Baghdad in GazaRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-58563501253038585992007-05-21T20:31:00.000-04:002007-05-21T20:31:00.000-04:00I realize that Hamas wants to destroy Israel - I d...I realize that Hamas wants to destroy Israel - I don't have any illusions on that score. But I don't think that there is a military solution. Many fewer people in Gaza would be attracted to Hamas, I think, if their economic situation was not so desperate and they were able to engage in normal trade and travel. Hamas and Al Qaeda will always try to exploit people's misery - so I think we should try to alleviate that misery, both to diminish their attraction and for the simple moral reason that we have helped to create their misery.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-34440818947064000192007-05-21T17:41:00.000-04:002007-05-21T17:41:00.000-04:00Israel is simply one front in a much wider war. Th...Israel is simply one front in a much wider war. The Islamist fanatics do not wish peace under any circumstances unless it culminates in the destruction of Israel.Blazingcatfurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260488914265052543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-76164293113464639012007-05-20T01:10:00.000-04:002007-05-20T01:10:00.000-04:00Israel is not at fault for the situation in Gaza. ...Israel is not at fault for the situation in Gaza. Islamist terrorism did not start with Israel, and exists well beyond Israel. Hamas is an Islamic terrorist group like the others. Don't make the mistake of appeasing them or thinking that they would be peaceful if Israel stops standing up for itself. Israel will have to confront them sooner or later. The rockets show that you can't wall off gaza and expect to be safe. Help Fatah destroy Hamas, then make some kind of peace with Fatah if they will accept it. If not, then Fatah should be deal with too. If Israel wants to survive it has to defend itself. Freedom is not free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com