Dialogue in my office

Me: Here’s a headline you don’t see in civilized countries. “Fatah Gunmen Attack Parliament.”
Officemate: Sure you do. Whenever Fatah comes and attacks people’s parliaments.

Only in the Middle East…

Published in: on June 12, 2006 at 13:03  Comments (12)  
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12 Comments

  1. On June 12, 2006 at 20:29 s33k3r said:

    Well, I had hoped that Fatah would maintain the high ground by refraining from using typical Hamas strong arm tactics.
    This destroys whatever is left of their credibility.

  2. On June 12, 2006 at 20:29 s33k3r said:

    Well, I had hoped that Fatah would maintain the high ground by refraining from using typical Hamas strong arm tactics.
    This destroys whatever is left of their credibility.

  3. On June 12, 2006 at 20:53 zunger said:

    Hmm… given that they’ve been shooting at each other for over two years in Gaza, this isn’t really too surprising. It’s just a bit more humorous since both groups are now ostensibly members of a democratically elected government.
    (Perhaps it’s sad that my first thoughts when I saw your comment were “they had credibility?!” and “oh, they’re interested in high ground, all right…”

  4. On June 12, 2006 at 20:53 zunger said:

    Hmm… given that they’ve been shooting at each other for over two years in Gaza, this isn’t really too surprising. It’s just a bit more humorous since both groups are now ostensibly members of a democratically elected government.
    (Perhaps it’s sad that my first thoughts when I saw your comment were “they had credibility?!” and “oh, they’re interested in high ground, all right…”

  5. On June 12, 2006 at 21:43 s33k3r said:

    It’s not surprising, but disappointing. Extremely disappointing.

  6. On June 12, 2006 at 21:43 s33k3r said:

    It’s not surprising, but disappointing. Extremely disappointing.

  7. On June 12, 2006 at 21:45 zunger said:

    That I must agree with.

  8. On June 12, 2006 at 21:45 zunger said:

    That I must agree with.

  9. On June 12, 2006 at 22:59 finagler said:

    I suppose the simpler version of his response would be “but you just did!”

  10. On June 12, 2006 at 22:59 finagler said:

    I suppose the simpler version of his response would be “but you just did!”

  11. On June 12, 2006 at 23:01 zunger said:

    That’s a good point. I suppose I should have said that you rarely hear it about civilized countries.

  12. On June 12, 2006 at 23:01 zunger said:

    That’s a good point. I suppose I should have said that you rarely hear it about civilized countries.


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