In all of the articles in this mornings news about the Yassin assasination there is one thing that has been bothering me. Half of the articles, including this one, put out by Reuters include this line - The United States classifies Hamas as a "terrorist" group. Notice the use of quotes. I don't get it - why lead people to believe that maybe they aren't really a terrorist organization? You don't see quotes being used when discussing Al Queda or the Spanish groups. If the US State Department has found the organizations acts so vile as to brand them as terrorists, why does Reuters feel it neccesary to question that classification?
Posted by ravomess at March 22, 2004 08:59 AMIt all goes back to one of my favorite "jokes":
Yassar Arafat and Osama bin Laden were having dinner together. Osama turns to Yasser and says, "Yasser, you've been a terrorist for decades, and they give you the Nobel Peace Prize! I've been a terrorist for only a short while, and they try to kill me! What's your secret?"
Yasser turns to him and says, "You see, Osama, I only kill Jews!"
Posted by: Greg at March 22, 2004 10:53 AMBecause they're only terrorists if they kill Americans. [/sarcasm]
Posted by: Natan at March 22, 2004 10:54 AM