From the list below, circle the word or phrase that does not belong:
Sheik Ahmed Yassin
spiritual leader of Hamas
responsible for scores of homicide bombings
radical Islamic preacher
monastic existence
ideological force behind the militant group
rejected the existence of Israel
opposed interim peace accords
blown to bits by Israeli missiles
a real tragedy
Perhaps…perhaps the world would be a better place had Sheik Ahmed Yassin been encouraged to participate in a half dozen or so peace demonstrations.
Imagine there’s one of those compelling puppet shows that are so much a part of the tradition of effective peacemaking and marching…you can almost see the tear forming in the crusty, wheelchair-bound Palestinian’s eye…
You may say I’m a dreamer…
Nice. Except, replace the tear with a missile fired from an Israeli helicopter gun ship.
There. Much better.
I was bent out of shape this morning when Fox News ended a report on this story something like this…I’m paraphrasing but this isn’t far from verbatim.
Reporter: Yes Brian. It was reported yesterday that when Shiek Ahmed Yassin’s assistant notified him that Iraeli helicopters were approaching, he replied, “My life, as it always has been, is in God’s hands. I leave eveything to God.”
What’s with trying to weld and buff a halo for this serial killer?
To misquote Ned Flanders: Flanders to God! Flanders to God! Get off your cloud and blast this sod!
He must leave everything to God, EXCEPT killing Israelis. God got it right though…poof…GONE. May he be forced to listen to a Klezmer band for eternity.