"If a people freely elects terrorism..."
I'm not sure they elected terrorism as much as they rejected the corruption and incompetence of Fatah. Admittedly their choice is not a great one, but I'm not sure there was a better option available.
There was a good piece on NRO today advancing the theory that Hamas did not actually want to win, just get a big enough minority to push the rest of the gov't around.
If you reject incompetence for terrorism, you freely elect terrorism. Time to turn Hamasistan into a parking lot.
"There was a good piece on NRO today advancing the theory that Hamas did not actually want to win, just get a big enough minority to push the rest of the gov't around. "
I could not find that piece, help??
"I'm not sure they elected terrorism as much as they rejected the corruption"
Polls have consistently shown vast Palestinian support for terror.
Hamas will be equally corrupt. Al Qaeda and Islamists have not done any better on good governance. Afghanistan was no better off under the Islamists. Yes, the Islamists spend on education - the better to indoctrinate young minds.
They could have voted for the Independant List, if they wanted to send Fatah an anti-corruption message.
Israel should take back the land that it ceded in exchange for a phoney "peace."