Hamas 'ready to talk to Israel'

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by Arrian
Umm, was I disagreeing with you?

-Arrian

No actually.
Sorry if I directed it against you.

What I dislike is the general attitude by some, that 'we must have someone to talk to'. Many westerners have a constant need of having someone they could talk to. Dear god - go to a shrink. Enemies are not there for talking purposes.

Yes - I know that talking is the only real way to end a war. However talking to whomever you could find is usually plain useless. You have to find a person who is a powerful leader and has opinions which can be worked with.

Arafat was a powerful leader, but had opinions which couldn't be worked with.

Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) has opinions which can be worked with, but is weak and lacks motivation.

[KrazyHorse]

Many westerners have a constant need of having someone they could talk to.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Spiffor
Maybe I should have posted this in the cartoon theme, but this hem of Meshal's deserves to be here IMO

From Le Monde:

e chef du bureau politique du mouvement islamiste palestinien Hamas, Khaled Mechaal, dont la formation vient de gagner les élections législatives, a appelé à l'apaisement. "Le mouvement est disposé à jouer un rôle pour apaiser la situation entre le monde islamique et les pays occidentaux à condition que ces pays s'engagent à mettre fin aux atteintes aux sentiments des musulmans", a-t-il déclaré lors d'une conférence de presse à Doha, au Qatar.

Meshal sez: "Hamas is ready to play a role to bring calm in the situation [the cartoon affair] between the Muslim World and the West, provided the west promises to stop the offenses to the feelings of Muslims"

Great! Now's the time to negotiate a promise from them to stop the offenses against the feelings of Westerners, including Jews and Christians!