U.S. State Department to investigate failure to foresee Hamas victory
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The United States is examining why it was caught off guard by Hamas' victory in Palestinian legislative elections last week, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged earlier this week that she was surprised by Hamas's defeat of the Fatah party, which had dominated Palestinian politics for years.
"She's asked her staff to look into that. Why is it that we didn't see this coming?" US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.
Thank you for the link. As I suspected, wasn't Condi that said it but some other geek at State. The stuff that comes out of that dept. isn't meant for domestic consumption. When the State Dept. is credited with saying something, I either ignore it or try to read between the lines.