Oozing with Peace

On more than one occasion I've come across odious leftists who've defended Palestinian suicide bombings on the grounds that the Palestinians are poor. Thus, suicide bombings is a legitimate means of fighting the heartless occupying Israelis.

Yeah, the Palestinians are so poor.

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[Cutler]

During my Freshman year of college [2002], I volunteered to represent the Israelis alongside an American [which of course had to be balanced] and 5 Arab delgations in a public forum. At one point the Palestinian delegation tried to tell me that because of Israeli gun control, the PA didn't have the firepower to reign in the groups.

First I told the story of the 15,000 M16s that the Israelis provided during Oslo, which wound up being used against them. Then I said that looking at Palestinian funeral processions, which often have more firepower than an American Army platoon, I don't think gun control is quite the problem. The PA representative didn't have a response to that one.