Pragmatic Hamas Myth

Read this fantastic column, outlining the flawed logic of liberals in Europe, America and Israel, that says terrorist organizations will somehow become moderate once they get involved in the political process. The author, Gerald Steinberg, brilliantly exposes how today's trend to legitimize Hamas as a political party has a terrible track record in the moslem world, as evidenced by Afghanistan's Taliban, Iran's Ayatollahs, Lebanon's Hezbollah, and the PLO's Yassir Arafat.

The lesson America and Israel must learn is that concessions to terrorist groups, particularly islamic terrorists, only serves to create bigger, stronger and more dangerous terrorist organizations. Moslems must be confronted with absolute force and total destruction before any hope for peace can be actualized. PC target killings are nice, but defeating the street and the mosque is what needs to be done if we are to win the War on Terror.

Unfortunately, we are weak of heart and stomach, while our islamic opponent is consumed with death and destruction. This is not a good combination for victory. We must end this foolish practice of liberal projection if we are to truly succeed in vanquishing the vile moslem enemy.