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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (18928)3/28/2006 2:56:48 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
CNN Spinning Hamas

By Max on Middle East
Common Sense and Wonder

Christiane Amanpour puts a positive spin on Hamas in the CNN “blog”. Really makes you want to puke your guts out:


<<< Hamas gained support in Palestine through two decades of building an effective and affordable social welfare system in Gaza. It runs most of the kindergartens, funds health clinics, provides welfare checks to widows and orphans, and yes, even stages mass weddings to help unemployed young men get married.

During this year’s election, Palestinians fed up with the rampant corruption and lawlessness of the late Yasser Arafat’s government turned to the only alternative, Hamas.

So when people ask: “Why did the Palestinian people elect a terrorist group?” The answer is because they see them as a lifeline.

Each time I go to the Palestinian territory of Gaza, I am shocked by the reality on the ground. On a recent visit, I passed through a short tunnel from the First World in Israel and emerged into the Third World that is Gaza. The poverty there is among the worst in the world.

Hamas officials told me they did not expect to win the election as overwhelmingly as they did. They say their main priority now is to meet the demands of the people for a better life.

But that may be impossible, because Israel and the United States refuse to deal with Hamas and have already cut funding to the new Palestinian government. >>>


I just love it how she makes it sound like Hamas just wants what is best for the Palestinian people (which in their view includes lots of dead Jews) and its the Americans and Jews keeping them down. I also love how she essentially blames Israel for Gaza’s third world status while at the same time enjoying a first world way of life. Not exactly objective huh.

commonsensewonder.com

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