Militant Fashion

Yahoo News:

Though he's a committed Islamist activist in a movement that denounces the United States for supporting Israel and occupying Iraq, Shorah proudly sports what has become the latest trend in Palestinian street wear: US military apparel.

It's asinine that these "activists" adopt Western products such as cars, guns, numerous tech toys, and now American army clothing, yet they loath the very system that produces all that.

After six years of an uprising against Israel and with Gaza heading once again for confrontation with the Israeli army, militancy has become a dominant theme in Palestinian culture.

Michelle Malkin has an excellent reply to that. Continuing with the article:

Still others, unable to read the English words emblazoned across their chest, don US Army garb without a clue.

"I just bought it because I like the way it looks, but I'll burn it now as soon as I go home," says Ibrahim Abu Zarif, 20, when told during a pro-Hamas rally that the patch on his left breast pocket says US Army.

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"The people love their little kids to be dressed in military clothes," says Bilbaysi. "They want to teach the children and prepare them so they will be ready for the battle that lies ahead when they grow up."

Isn't that cute.

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