SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Couple things Mr. Alias guy.Gordang said:
One is you forgot the lead in, which includes:
It also includes:Let's be clear: I'm no fan of Hamas, a brutal and anti-Semitic group which has been accused by Amnesty International and other NGOs of human rights abuses against the people of Gaza and of war crimes against the people of Israel. Firing rockets into civilian areas isn't justified under international law, even if it is framed as part of a (legitimate) struggle against foreign military occupation.
Here's something to conclude about all this - Hamas is absolutely awful at putting out their version of events. They intimidate and even threaten journalists instead of wining and dining them. When they appear they say insane things, almost like they have never been interviewed by a freely thinking objective journalist before, which they likely have not. And finally they cannot help but let their personal prejudices get in the way. I guess on that last points Israelis have the same problem but gosh they are so much better at it. I saw this morning on CNN the Israeli Ambassador to the USA. He sounded American, he might actually be American.You've got to hand it to Israeli spinners like Mark Regev. They are masters of PR. In fact, as the Independent's Patrick Cockburn revealed over the weekend, "the playbook they are using is a professional, well-researched and confidential study on how to influence the media and public opinion in America and Europe".
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Having said that, however, in recent days I've been debating supporters of Israel's latest assault on Gaza on radio and on Twitter and I've been astonished not just by the sheer number of fact-free claims made by those supporters, but also by their confidence, slickness and sheer message discipline. According to the pro-Israel, pro-IDF crowd, Hamas is to blame for everything.
This, of course, is utter nonsense. To quote the late US senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
The Hamas spokesman shows up on CNN and can't even tie his tie straight.