[extropy-chat] RE: Near East: The mother of all crappy deals

[Dennis May]

Russell Evermore wrote:

>Ok, I'll admit I haven't (and won't) spend a whole lot of time studying
>this, but if someone here understands what I'm obviously missing, kindly
>toss me a sentence or two and dispel my confusion.
>
>In a so called "historic" prisoner swap brokered with Hezbollah, Israel is
>freeing some 420+ live prisoners and 59 dead militants in exchange for the
>release of ONE live Israeli business man and THREE dead Israeli soldiers?
>
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-981934,00.html

It is historic because that is the word they like to use when talking
about anything to do with the Middle East.  It could also be that the
reporter and editors are in their 20's and have no memory of how
that kind of swap has happened many times for many decades.

Dennis May

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