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Of Tribes, Terrorism and Rules

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Submitted by Moll (Canada), Sep 20, 2009 at 14:06

The tribal arabs, the descendants of Ham and his son Canaan, who are living in judea, samaria and gaza are stateless -- nomads, with no national identity beyond their tribalism (i.e. fatah, hamas, and clans). They are non-state players in the middle east. They do not play their war-like games by any of the traditional rules spelled out by the nations of the world after WWII. These non-state players do not engage in their terrorist activities by "gentlemen's rules". In fact, no rules but their rules apply!

Why should the State of Israel, OR any sovereign STATE, with national regalia, a military, and passports which identify its citizens, engage in any traditional civilized types of interactions with these non state actors other than killing, OR capturing and incarcerating them? How can a State negotiate, compromise, dialogue, with non-state individuals? Appeasement smacks of submission aka dhimmitude to ... what?

Submitting....

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Title Commenter Date Thread
defeat [15 words]ulvaNov 6, 2009 07:06164101
Of Tribes, Terrorism and Rules [148 words]MollSep 20, 2009 14:06161791
The very fact that terrorist organizations exist is a war crime! [236 words]jerrassySep 17, 2009 11:25161692
Fatah Official Endorsement of U.S. Recognized Terror Organization [134 words]AmerisraelAug 31, 2009 07:11160858
Sixth Fatah General Congress, Arafat Resurrected [514 words]Stephen HughesAug 20, 2009 10:23160470
Excellent Reporting -- Fatah is Not Moderate As we Know Moderate; Its Perspective Is Different Than Reported [37 words]GWKAug 20, 2009 06:57160458
It is time for Fatah to live in the real world. [164 words]batya daganAug 19, 2009 21:01160442
US MSM has become just like Soviet media [192 words]Mladen AndrijasevicAug 19, 2009 18:28160438
The goal of the M.E. peace process… [67 words]M.D.Aug 19, 2009 17:57160436
islamic hate of everyone who is not muslim continues [74 words]Phil GreendAug 18, 2009 22:12160390

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