Suicide solution

Yet another British MP has come out and said she "understands" why Palestinians blow themselves up in crowds of Jews:

A Liberal Democrat MP has stirred controversy by saying she understood why some people became suicide bombers.

Jenny Tonge said suicide bombers were "born out of desperation" and she might consider becoming one herself if she lived in Gaza and the West Bank.

But the Richmond MP stressed she did not condone their actions.

"From minor things to major things their life does not feel like it is their own," she said.

"I do not condone suicide bombers. No one can condone them ... but I do understand why people out there become suicide bombers."

She added: "It is out of desperation and I guess if I was in their situation, with my children and grandchildren, and I saw no hope for the future at all, I might just think about it myself."

Ms Tonge originally made her comments to a pro-Palestinian lobby in the Commons on Wednesday.

If Palestinian schools and PA-controlled media outlets weren't incessantly indoctrinating young Palestinians with pro-"martyrdom", anti-Jewish propaganda - and, if unmarried and pregnant Palestinian women weren't being forced into suicide bombing to restore their families' "honour" - I'd probably have some sympathy for the "martyrs" as well. Too bad none of this will ever, ever be acknowledged by the bleeding hearts looking for something else they can blame on evil "imperialism."

What's really scary is the way Palestinian apologists have lowered the standard by which all "liberation struggles" are to be judged. Except for the Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka - who never garnered anything like the sympathy the Palestinians have earned, which I'm sure has nothing to do with the fact that they weren't fighting Joooooos - no other such movement has ever so blatantly used suicide murder as a "resistance" tactic. And it's absolutely horrifying to see so many "peace" activists get suckered into the notion that it's the only way to resist "occupation".

Posted by damian at January 22, 2004 06:20 PM