[R.W.Ratikal]

Make no mistake, the terrorist gang who took over from Arafat's terrorist gang, Hamas is in it for the same reason Arafat was in it. Fort the money that comes mostly from Washington.

It's outrageous that we give billions to Israel to defend itself and billions to the terrorists' who are fighting the Jews with the aim of total annihilation.

[cowdog77]

There has never been a democracy anywhere in the Islamic world.The December 15 election results paved the way for Parliament to convene. But elections do not matter in the Middle East. Democracy is only used in the Middle East during elections. After the election is over, a tyrant is elected ... an autocrat or a theocrat. It's always the same scenario. There is no such thing as a moderate Islamic state---- the US is trying to establish something that's never been established before. The reality is that the naive Road Map to Peace is full of potholes and any of our nation-building efforts in the the Palestinian area are unlikely to create a mini-America, and more likely they will create a mini-Iran.....with our tax dollars.