I saw this on TV this morning:

Fox News had a story about the mess in the Middle East, the Israel/Palestinian mess not the Iraqi mess. The story was about how Hamas won't announce who their new leader is, a good idea considering that being the Hamas leader has turned into the Spinal Tap drummer of terrorists. The reporter of the story, a tall willowy young blonde who I'm sure was hired for her journalistic ability, announced that she was determined to discover who the new leader was. As she said that, the footage shown on TV was of her, doing the Ashleigh Banfield thing and striding around the area all decked out in a head-scarf. To fit in and show respect, of course.

Now, I found this really funny. Because you have to admire a tall, willowy blonde trying to be inconspicuous and walking around Gaza asking who the new leader of Hamas is. You know, like they'd tell her.

Man, I would have loved to have seen the footage of her asking. Striding up and seeing the first terrorist looking dude and asking them "excuse me, can you tell me who your new leader is?" Or maybe she acted all dumb and just simply said "take me to your leader." Maybe she found some gawky thirteen year old Palestinian kid and tried to sweet talk them, telling him he'd take her scarf off if he told her. Or maybe she just hung out in the marketplace trying to fit in and eavesdrop.

And if they did tell her, how long before that person would be blown up?