Wishful thinking

Reader comment on item: [Alastair Crooke's Conflict Forum and] Sharing Jokes with Hamas

Submitted by Bernard Arkules (United States), Apr 20, 2005 at 17:06

Treating with Hamas as if these religious fanatics were rational beings is a prime example of wishful thinking . How simple it would be if the anti-Westernism of Hamas could really be just simple, good old- fashioned anti-Semitism, a belief that can be equably shared without getting into divisive issues like religious and intellectual freedom. .

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