Chief PLO representative in the U.S., Hashan Rahman, today explained to FOXNews’ Terry Keenan (in typically confrontational style) why the Palestinians are entitled to the moral high ground in the Israel/Palestinian conflict: “The Israelis have made no concessions!” Hashan thundered to Keenan, who struggled to get a word in edge wise. “We have made concessions! We have recognized Israel!” …Which pretty much sums up the conflict, don’t it? For the
February 20, 2002
Treacher Feature 3
Proving once again that protein wisdom is dedicated to giving air to all creative mediums (and all ideological positions), we refer you to “Get Your War On,” a kind of hyper-verbal and astonishingly profane serialized clip-art comic, spawn of the war divide’s anarcho-left. Not for the modishly prudish. Think Tom Tomorrow with sac and verve. Think Ted Rall stuffed naked into a cage filled with randy chimps (this last has
Nothin’ like a good war to get the blood flowin’, eh? (And the pay ain’t bad, either…)
From U.S. News & World Report’s, “Washingon Whispers” (February 28, print edition): After several embarrassing years of missed recruitment quotas, Navy bosses say they’re flooded with new sailors. The war has helped, says Vice Adm. Norb Ryan, the Navy’s personnel chief. But, he says, ‘the economy has helped more.’ Also, more sailors are staying in, attracted by pay hikes and the satisfaction of winning the antiterror war.
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The excellent Victor Davis Hanson, writing in The National Review: The tired voices of past criticism are now using the present pause in the war to postulate another American predicament. Oddly, learning nothing from the immediate past, they are beginning now to advance
