It's not necessarily like our other "successful" instances in history of involvement.
Fatah is a part of this government, Abbas is the head, it is in fighting between two rival factions.
In this case I think helping Fatah, a far less radical entity which is actually willing to work with the US and Israel is better than letting Hamas, a radical group which is nothing more than a terrorist organization akin to the likes of Hezbollah.
What do you think would happen to the Palestinians if Hamas were to have free reign over the government? You know all these new incursions into Palestine recently? Yeah it's Hamas firing rockets at Israeli targets, you don't have that under Abbas' Fatah. Just think of the ramifications if Hamas, as acting head of state pulled this shit? There would be nothing to hold back Israel as it would be a belligerent act of the state, Palestine would be fucked.
Hell look at how the rest of the world reacted to their election... all foreign aid stopped because nobody wanted Hamas to be able to get their hands on the money because they wouldn't use it for the good of the Palestinian people, they would use it for their own agenda which is the destruction of Israel.
This all might be hypocritical because of how it relates to democracy and free elections, but that doesn't make it wrong or a bad play. America and the world at large are idiotic for not seeing this coming, but just because that is the case doesn't mean they should yield to the likes of Hamas.
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Last edited by Mojo_PeiPei; 03-05-2008 at 01:54 PM..
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