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When It Pays to Talk to Terrorists

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Bob Levin9/05/2012 12:17:49 am PDT

re: #105 Prononymous, rogue demon hunter

But you write off the whole article for using the commonly used term for such a faction.

No, I said that because the word was undefined within the article, and because ‘moderate’ was a crucial word in building his argument, then the foundation of the entire article is weak. All that he would have to do is define the word.

If we have to speculate on his meaning of moderate, then he hasn’t really done his job.

And mind you, historically it’s a good idea to begin with Nasser, who was five minutes away from trying to kill every Jew living in Israel, pushing every Jew into the sea, to paraphrase. I’ve been waiting 45 years for someone with the power to retract that statement, make such a retraction. It hasn’t happened yet. As far as I can tell, it’s still an active policy among the tyrant class.

Nevertheless, the US, Israel, Fatah, and a cast of thousands have been in non-stop negotiations for forty years. So, what’s the point of the article?