Hamas, Hudna, and Hope?
We love democracy.
Unless the wrong guy wins.
Hamas is a troubling organization, sure, but they aren't al qaeda, they aren't people that can't be dealt with, and they don't (seem) to be a creation of an interested foriegn government. Hamas has been observing a truce for some time now, and they have been able to enforce the truce within their own ranks successfully.
The big sticking point is the whole "drive the zionist entity into the sea" business.
Its very hard to trust somebody who's only willing to make a "temporary peace" with you and declares your very existence to be unacceptable.
But having to administer a nation may moderate the men, if not the rhetoric. It would be ludicrous to expect a PA government led by Hamas to suddenly attack Israel, in fact, Hamas has had better discipline than any other party in the region in controlling its partisans, and has proved that when it gives the cease fire order, their people actually follow it.
Israel, the United States, and Europe all demand that Hamas recognize Israel. This is fair, everybody mentioned has already recognized the right of the Palestinian people to have an independent state, so it seems fair to them that Hamas should recognize Israel and give up the "drive them into the sea" stuff.
The fact that they don't do this immediately is not a cause for panic. Hamas, if treated as the legitimate, elected leaders that they are, will more likely than not be a better "partner for peace" than the disorganized, corrupt gang of thugs in Fatah.
We in the west should be watchful, but also patient. The situation is not helped by trying to drive Hamas back out of office. This is not a time for "regime change" the regime has changed and if we don't accept the outcome of this election, we are basically telling the entire world, and especially the Muslim world that the US talks about democracy, but has no respect for real democratic change.
So give them a chance, stop all this panic, lets see what they do. Keep Israel on a short leash, (especially right now while they're in a leadership crisis of their own) and see what happens. A few months of relative calm will do a lot to build trust. And it isn't certain that Hamas can survive palestinian politics for long without us trying to drive them out, so let's back off shall we?
It is just too bad that Condi doesnt read my blog anymore.
Unless the wrong guy wins.
Hamas is a troubling organization, sure, but they aren't al qaeda, they aren't people that can't be dealt with, and they don't (seem) to be a creation of an interested foriegn government. Hamas has been observing a truce for some time now, and they have been able to enforce the truce within their own ranks successfully.
The big sticking point is the whole "drive the zionist entity into the sea" business.
Its very hard to trust somebody who's only willing to make a "temporary peace" with you and declares your very existence to be unacceptable.
But having to administer a nation may moderate the men, if not the rhetoric. It would be ludicrous to expect a PA government led by Hamas to suddenly attack Israel, in fact, Hamas has had better discipline than any other party in the region in controlling its partisans, and has proved that when it gives the cease fire order, their people actually follow it.
Israel, the United States, and Europe all demand that Hamas recognize Israel. This is fair, everybody mentioned has already recognized the right of the Palestinian people to have an independent state, so it seems fair to them that Hamas should recognize Israel and give up the "drive them into the sea" stuff.
The fact that they don't do this immediately is not a cause for panic. Hamas, if treated as the legitimate, elected leaders that they are, will more likely than not be a better "partner for peace" than the disorganized, corrupt gang of thugs in Fatah.
We in the west should be watchful, but also patient. The situation is not helped by trying to drive Hamas back out of office. This is not a time for "regime change" the regime has changed and if we don't accept the outcome of this election, we are basically telling the entire world, and especially the Muslim world that the US talks about democracy, but has no respect for real democratic change.
So give them a chance, stop all this panic, lets see what they do. Keep Israel on a short leash, (especially right now while they're in a leadership crisis of their own) and see what happens. A few months of relative calm will do a lot to build trust. And it isn't certain that Hamas can survive palestinian politics for long without us trying to drive them out, so let's back off shall we?
It is just too bad that Condi doesnt read my blog anymore.
posted by JC at 1:41 AM
2 Comments:
i'm the only one reading.
You're the only one commenting, I do believe there are a number of lurkers hovering, reading, laughing, never so much as posting a lfmao or wtf.
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