Post by Bret Walker on Jun 30, 2003 11:49:18 GMT -5
Al Aqsa joins Palestinian cease-fire
source: CNN.com
I don't know what to make of these Palestinian cease-fires, except that it's awfully funny that they came so soon after Bush condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization, possibly as a precursor to declaring war on Palestine? After all, Bush's condemnation has become the kiss of death, unless of course you're North Korea. As soon as he named Hamas as a terrorist group, they declared a cease-fire, and Islamic Jihad followed suit. Now Al Aqsa, an off-shoot of Yassar Arafat's Fatwa movement, has fallen in line with the others. It's refreshing, but also strangely disturbing. I'm reminded of the North Vietnamese Tet offensive, when they struck without warning on what should have been a religious holiday. I mean, the Palestinians are still being attacked by the Israelis, and I can't imagine that they're really happy about that.
We'll have to keep an eye on the situation and see what happens.
source: CNN.com
I don't know what to make of these Palestinian cease-fires, except that it's awfully funny that they came so soon after Bush condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization, possibly as a precursor to declaring war on Palestine? After all, Bush's condemnation has become the kiss of death, unless of course you're North Korea. As soon as he named Hamas as a terrorist group, they declared a cease-fire, and Islamic Jihad followed suit. Now Al Aqsa, an off-shoot of Yassar Arafat's Fatwa movement, has fallen in line with the others. It's refreshing, but also strangely disturbing. I'm reminded of the North Vietnamese Tet offensive, when they struck without warning on what should have been a religious holiday. I mean, the Palestinians are still being attacked by the Israelis, and I can't imagine that they're really happy about that.
We'll have to keep an eye on the situation and see what happens.
