Yes, so?

Palestinian militant group Hamas has sworn vengeance after 14 of its members were killed in an overnight strike by the Israeli air force on Gaza.

Here's the problem though; it doesn't matter what Hamas threatens because no one believes they will do anything less than their worst regardless of what Israel does.

They, like the terrorists in Russia, have already dished out terror so far outside of the bounds of what is recognisably human behaviour that they can say anything they want, for as long as they like, on any subject they like and no sensible person will listen.

These are the parameters that extreme terrorism sets up and that is why I firmly believe that any who embark upon that road don't want a solution that involves anything other than an infinite conflict or the total destruction of those that they oppose.

Posted by John at September 7, 2004 02:57 PM | TrackBack