Monday, March 22, 2004
Yeah, the world's gonna miss this guy.
Leader of Hamas dead, Sharon unable to discuss without first saying "Ding, dong..."
The usual suspects are, of course, up in arms. The United Nations, an agency renowned throughout the world for its unyielding opposition to anti-Israeli terrorism, has condemned the attack.
And, of course, Yassin's brothers in arms are pledging unremitting violence. As opposed to the peaceful status we all got used to while he was alive. I mean, exactly what does Hamas have to threaten? "Before, we were irrevocably committed to the destruction of Israel, but now...now, we're really pissed, and we're going to..." do what, precisely? As much as you can to kill as many Jews as you can? How does that differ from when Yassin was alive?
It'd be delusional to think sending him to hell is going to change anyone's mind on the value of mass slaughter any more than George Khoury's death is going to. But since the Palestinians are still planning on doing everything they can to destroy Israel, the only choice Israel had was whether to face the barrage of violence with Yassin alive and planning attacks, or dead.
It may not have been right, but it wasn't wrong.
Leader of Hamas dead, Sharon unable to discuss without first saying "Ding, dong..."
The usual suspects are, of course, up in arms. The United Nations, an agency renowned throughout the world for its unyielding opposition to anti-Israeli terrorism, has condemned the attack.
And, of course, Yassin's brothers in arms are pledging unremitting violence. As opposed to the peaceful status we all got used to while he was alive. I mean, exactly what does Hamas have to threaten? "Before, we were irrevocably committed to the destruction of Israel, but now...now, we're really pissed, and we're going to..." do what, precisely? As much as you can to kill as many Jews as you can? How does that differ from when Yassin was alive?
It'd be delusional to think sending him to hell is going to change anyone's mind on the value of mass slaughter any more than George Khoury's death is going to. But since the Palestinians are still planning on doing everything they can to destroy Israel, the only choice Israel had was whether to face the barrage of violence with Yassin alive and planning attacks, or dead.
It may not have been right, but it wasn't wrong.
