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Posted by Nilet on Tue May 6 17:23:55 2014, in response to Re: Palestinian university students’ trip to Auschwitz causes uproar, posted by 3-9 on Tue May 6 17:12:30 2014. And if they were really desperate, they'd get themselves some actual responsible leaders...What part of this is confusing you? Desperate people do not behave as rationally as reasonably stable people. Desperation drives people to cling to any hope, no matter how tenuous, even if it results in ill-advised choice of leadership. This has been seen time and again throughout history— Golden Dawn, Mugabe, Castro, Hitler, and many others. Easing their economic plight would go a long way towards diminishing the legitimacy of groups like Hamas. On the other hand, pointing to Palestine's elected leadership and declaring them justification for further sanctions legitimises them— that people will rally around their leaders when faced with an external threat has also been seen time and again throughout history, such as America's ill-advised support for Bush shortly after the 9/11 attacks. |
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