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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

Discussing Israel/Gaza on right-wing talk radio

I had an unexpectedly substantive discussion of the Middle East and the "Islamic threat" on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" last night.

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 06:06 AM

    A gang that seizes power cannot be negotiated with

    "But it seems to me, Glenn, that Hamas is in fact run by the fanatics, and that that’s the difference between Israel, a legitimate government, and Hamas, a terrorist organization, a gang, in essence, that seized power in Gaza, and that while the former might be able to negotiate with Egypt and Jordan along the lines you’ve laid out, that there really is no evidence for believing that Hamas will ever be other than what it has always been, a terrorist gang with which no negotiation is possible. Tell me where I’m wrong."

    -- Hugh Hewitt

    So, a gang that seizes control of a country -- in a violent coup, if you will – are fanatics who cannot be negotiated with in good faith.

    One more time: If you overthrow a country’s leadership and seize control, then you are nothing but a terrorist gang with which no negotiation is possible!

    Got it!

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