In his essay describing Condi Rice's current efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, Staticidal Zealotry* Frank J. Gaffney, Jr says:

Condi Rice is nonetheless demanding that Israel now relinquish the West Bank and East Jerusalem to yet another terrorist organization: Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah. To be sure, the Secretary of State would have us believe that Fatah is no such thing. In fact, the entire Annapolis house of cards is built on the fraudulent foundation that the Palestinian faction established by Abbas’ mentor, Yasser Arafat, is a reliable partner for peace and effective counterweight to Hamas, which now controls the Gaza Strip.

In diplo-speak, we must support moderate "effective counterweights" because if we don't the terrorists will take over.

Yes "effective counterweights" do commit acts that look suspiciously like terrorism. They also employ paramilitary groups that are ‘out of control’, ‘militants’ and ‘rogue elements’ that look suspiciously like, you know, terrorists. But they can’t be terrorists because they’re ‘out of control’, ‘militants’ and ‘rogue elements’.

..and they're employed by moderate, effective counterweights.

It’s a stunningly obvious, bumbleheaded sleight of hand that, for some odd reason, fools 100% of the politicians 100% of the time. Personally, I think they want to be fooled, because no one could be that stupid.

In related news, Abbas' Fatah/Al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigade has claimed credit for murdering an Israeli civilian who was minding his own business, driving his car.

We know Abbas is repsonsible and we know that this will have no effect on the peace process.

We also know that our Arab partners in peace are supporting the militants, rogue elements, effective counterweights and insurgents who are currently waging war against Israel. Still, the peace process will go on as planned.

As Omri of Mere Rhetoric says, "anyone else get the feeling that something other than level-headed analysis is driving the push to get Israel to give away land?"