US Congressmen Discover that Palestinian Terrorists Not Interested in Capturing Other Palestinian Terrorists
Via Vital Perspectives (via our newly reconfigured RSS reader), we find out that Sens. Lugar and Biden are less than pleased with the Palestinian Authority:
In an email alert from The Hill, we learn that Sen. Richard Luger (R-IN), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), the panel’s ranking Democrat, are trying to pressure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to do more to win the freedom of Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig. Abbas and Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh intervened in the hostage situation, according to an AP report, but Luger and Biden are unsatisfied with those efforts. "We urge you to redouble your efforts to peacefully resolve this situation, securing the release of the two hostages unharmed, and bringing to justice those responsible for this unprovoked act," Luger and Biden wrote in a letter made public Thursday.
Here's where we'd usually outline past Palestinian foot-dragging when it comes to investigating crimes against Americans committed by Palestinians (shocking, we know). But you know what, screw it. If Luger and Biden were serious about making the Palestinians do something, they'd have the State Department leverage US aid. It'd be just like the statements that the State Department sends to Israel, except instead of "Israel" they'd put in "the Palestinian Authority" and instead of "stop defending yourself" they'd put in "free the journalists that you captured".
But they won't.
PS - sorry for the bitterness, but it was either that or the line "redoubling zero is still zero". And we respect you too much to do that to you.
[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]
In an email alert from The Hill, we learn that Sen. Richard Luger (R-IN), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), the panel’s ranking Democrat, are trying to pressure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to do more to win the freedom of Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig. Abbas and Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh intervened in the hostage situation, according to an AP report, but Luger and Biden are unsatisfied with those efforts. "We urge you to redouble your efforts to peacefully resolve this situation, securing the release of the two hostages unharmed, and bringing to justice those responsible for this unprovoked act," Luger and Biden wrote in a letter made public Thursday.
Here's where we'd usually outline past Palestinian foot-dragging when it comes to investigating crimes against Americans committed by Palestinians (shocking, we know). But you know what, screw it. If Luger and Biden were serious about making the Palestinians do something, they'd have the State Department leverage US aid. It'd be just like the statements that the State Department sends to Israel, except instead of "Israel" they'd put in "the Palestinian Authority" and instead of "stop defending yourself" they'd put in "free the journalists that you captured".
But they won't.
PS - sorry for the bitterness, but it was either that or the line "redoubling zero is still zero". And we respect you too much to do that to you.
[Cross-posted at IsraPundit]
