<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8f83c5f6-88d1-4e74-a871-2d7825245466/3A99A644-6CE0-4B50-84E2-2A54C5C15DBA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010260" href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010260" style="font-size: 11px;">www.opinionjournal.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010260">The <A target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6237314.stm">BBC</A> reports that Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's No. 2, is calling on Hamas "to unite with al-Qaeda." This leads the Beeb to make this observation:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010260"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Times"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Times">Hamas leaders, who espouse a more moderate brand of Islamist politics, have always shunned al-Qaeda advances. </FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110010260"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Times"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Times">We suppose that, strictly speaking, it is accurate to say Hamas is "more moderate" than al Qaeda. After all, the former compete in elections and have taken on at least some responsibility for governance, whereas the latter just blow things up. By that standard, though, the Nazis were "more moderate" than al Qaeda, too. Maybe the BBC should find a different adjective.</FONT></FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3A99A644-6CE0-4B50-84E2-2A54C5C15DBA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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