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Interview with a Hamas Lunatic<\/a><\/p>\n

This is all taking place in a chamber of horrors known as a hospital in Gaza, mind you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are you so happy?\u201d this reporter asked. \u201cLook around you.\u201d<\/p>\n

A girl who looked about 18 screamed as a surgeon removed shrapnel from her leg. An elderly man was soaked in blood. A baby a few weeks old and slightly wounded looked around helplessly. A man lay with parts of his brain coming out. His family wailed at his side.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you see that these people are hurting?\u201d the militant was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I am from the people, too,\u201d he said, his smile incandescent. \u201cThey lost their loved ones as martyrs. They should be happy. I want to be a martyr, too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can\u2019t help but think of Patton, surveying a field of slaughter and murmuring, \u201cI love it! God help me, I do love it so!\u201d<\/p>\n

Appalling. Utterly, utterly appalling.<\/p>\n

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