Comments on: Hamas, Hezbollah: A Change of Tone http://www.anasqtiesh.com/2010/02/hamas-hezbollah-a-change-of-tone/ Syrian Blogger, Translator, Tech Enthusiast. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:14:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: florida public adjuster http://www.anasqtiesh.com/2010/02/hamas-hezbollah-a-change-of-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-439 florida public adjuster Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:26:04 +0000 http://www.anasqtiesh.com/?p=354#comment-439 Mosab Hassan Yousef is certainly a courageous but misguided man. Bucking the Hamas terrorists and its religious fanatics requires extraordinary courage. However,it is a tragedy that he left the folds of one obscurantist ideology for another. Far more people have killed and been killed in the name of Christianity than Islam. That the latter is now aspiring to outdo the former does not make either one appealing much less peaceful. Mosab Hassan Yousef is certainly a courageous but misguided man. Bucking the Hamas terrorists and its religious fanatics requires extraordinary courage. However,it is a tragedy that he left the folds of one obscurantist ideology for another. Far more people have killed and been killed in the name of Christianity than Islam. That the latter is now aspiring to outdo the former does not make either one appealing much less peaceful.

]]> By: Anas http://www.anasqtiesh.com/2010/02/hamas-hezbollah-a-change-of-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Anas Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:25:47 +0000 http://www.anasqtiesh.com/?p=354#comment-299 I quoted the term from Condi Rice when she used it to describe the war on Lebanon in 2006. My choice of words was not arbitrary. I quoted the term from Condi Rice when she used it to describe the war on Lebanon in 2006. My choice of words was not arbitrary.

]]> By: Jillian C. York http://www.anasqtiesh.com/2010/02/hamas-hezbollah-a-change-of-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Jillian C. York Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:13:07 +0000 http://www.anasqtiesh.com/?p=354#comment-298 Aside from wishing you never use the term "birth pangs" again, nice piece. I doubt that Hamas and Hezbollah will be removed from the list anytime soon, but I feel like Syria's gaining ground toward recognition. Aside from wishing you never use the term “birth pangs” again, nice piece. I doubt that Hamas and Hezbollah will be removed from the list anytime soon, but I feel like Syria’s gaining ground toward recognition.

]]> By: Sasa http://www.anasqtiesh.com/2010/02/hamas-hezbollah-a-change-of-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Sasa Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.anasqtiesh.com/?p=354#comment-297 Are Hezbollah and Hamas going to be taken off the US list of terrorist organisations? Not even in the next decade. Cuba has been on the list of state sponsors of terrorism for decades. The US is happy to let them stay there. Even if Hamas jumped up and down, put its hand on its head and rubbed its stomach at the same time, it would still stay on the list. Arafat had to sell his soul to the devil for the PLO to be recognised. The best we can hope for is for Syria to come off the list, and for sanctions to be revoked. I think even that is incredibly optimistic. Interesting spot about the AP language. The BBC has a similar policy (only refer to them as terrorist orgs in direct quotes). Are Hezbollah and Hamas going to be taken off the US list of terrorist organisations? Not even in the next decade.

Cuba has been on the list of state sponsors of terrorism for decades. The US is happy to let them stay there. Even if Hamas jumped up and down, put its hand on its head and rubbed its stomach at the same time, it would still stay on the list. Arafat had to sell his soul to the devil for the PLO to be recognised. The best we can hope for is for Syria to come off the list, and for sanctions to be revoked. I think even that is incredibly optimistic.

Interesting spot about the AP language. The BBC has a similar policy (only refer to them as terrorist orgs in direct quotes).

]]> By: ChristianAvard http://www.anasqtiesh.com/2010/02/hamas-hezbollah-a-change-of-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-294 ChristianAvard Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:56:19 +0000 http://www.anasqtiesh.com/?p=354#comment-294 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @anasqtiesh: Hamas, Hezbollah: A Change of Tone | Anas Qtiesh→ http://bit.ly/d3nHdE</span></span> RT @anasqtiesh: Hamas, Hezbollah: A Change of Tone | Anas Qtiesh→ http://bit.ly/d3nHdE

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