>>>>>>You read it differently than I did. I interpreted it to be regarding Hamas immigrants only, not Palestinians or even Muslims in general.
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>>>>>He ment palestinians specifically. I already said that the netherlands would not accept terrorists (expect to lock up in prison), so that would rule Hamas out. BTW, there are already about 6000 palestinians living in the Netherlands.
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>>>>Hamas is the elected government of Gaza. I hardly think you could exclude them if you admitted other Gazans. The tragedy of the Palestinian people is that one way or another they have always been the victims of a kakistocracy.
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>>>A who? ;-) It's not even in the free version of the Merriam-Webster online dictionary -- says subscribe now to see the definition in the full edition.
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>>>It certainly isn't an original observation to say the rest of the Arab world could be doing more for the Palestinians (other than arming them). There is plenty of room to carve out a homeland for them if their Arab neighbors so desire. Egypt in particular does not seem to think Gaza or the Palestinians are their problem.
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>>I know another country thats just emerging from a kakistocracy. :-)
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>Yes, me too. Four days and counting....

Interesting that its now being acknowledged that water boarding is torture and some detainees cannot be tried because they where tortured.