Hi,
This so reminds me of all the logic and reasoning behind the US backing of Palestinian elections.
Were YOU surprised that the democratic elections led to the election of a TERRORIST group? All the pro-palestinian US and Israeli groups were taken aback: didn't the arabs want peace? didn't they understand the implications of this vote? what about all those nice words, and promises?
We look at the Arab world through rose colored glasses. Iran is promising to destroy Israel, and doesn't even bother to deny that if he were to start a nuclear war that millions of Arabs would also perish. No MAD deterrent here! Their death is WORTH it! Only to kill Israel.
And we hang onto some obsolete logic that the Arabs, once invested in the US would have some interest in keeping the ports safe... just like the 19 pilot bombers had some 'interest' in the US lifestyle.
We are blind.
Actually, the election of Hamas to power is a good thing. Now anything Hamas does is state-sponsored terrorism. Israel can respond with retaliatory strikes on the Palestine Authority and even the Euroweenies and the UN can't deny them the right of self-defense. Hamas has screwed themselves.
Iran is not part of the Arab world.