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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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Jokes are good [45 words]Elsi VacanoJan 12, 2007 20:58
Too long...Give a break!! [279 words]Harish RamaswamyDec 1, 2006 01:05
Reason trumps Emotion (Unless you're a fanatic...) [1377 words]usesomelogicJun 8, 2006 14:52
alastair Crook et.al. [110 words]Simon WatneyJun 5, 2006 04:10
The EU and Hamas [110 words]Daniel MeturganMay 5, 2005 15:47
Good Grief! [353 words]BruceApr 26, 2005 13:23
↔ Reply to Bruce [86 words]Seamus MacNemiSep 12, 2007 00:08
Maybe It Has Something to Do With Their "Public" Schools [44 words]JakeApr 23, 2005 10:03
↔ Reply to Jake [91 words]Seamus MacNemiSep 12, 2007 00:29
Relativism [106 words]Octavio JohansonApr 21, 2005 18:55
Muslim hatred [219 words]Dan KatcherApr 21, 2005 15:14
↔ You said it RIGHT! Thank you! [348 words]DonnaJan 30, 2007 02:33
↔ Megalomania [70 words]Gaspar TociApr 21, 2008 23:46
Details & omissions [334 words]CApr 21, 2005 11:32
Crookes hamas pals - the new nazis and their ally [345 words]Rob KleinApr 21, 2005 10:08
↔ Hamazis: an apt title. [50 words]Richard L. KocherFeb 19, 2006 09:52
What is Islam's Nature? [114 words]Timothy B. RobertsApr 21, 2005 00:11
↔ Tolerance of intolerance? [57 words]L DixonMar 30, 2008 10:05
Diplomacy and Terrorism [105 words]JohnApr 20, 2005 21:27
⇒ Wishful thinking [56 words]Bernard ArkulesApr 20, 2005 17:06
Let us go back to basics [189 words]Octavio JohansonApr 20, 2005 14:43
Alastair Crooke - a coincidence? [30 words]Peggy KazApr 20, 2005 14:14
↔ Reply to Peggy Kaz [53 words]Seamus MacNemiSep 12, 2007 00:49
Our Man in the Trenches [182 words]Dave M. O'NeillApr 20, 2005 12:12
Muslims do not hate our values. They hate our policies. [95 words]PatApr 20, 2005 12:11
Sharing Jokes with Hamas [13 words]Herb StoneApr 20, 2005 10:55

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