Allow me to preface these remarks by saying I am no fan of Hamas. Irrespective of my feelings Hamas is the party that the Palestinians chose in elections widely agreed to be free and fair, unlike the 2000 US Presidential elections.
Yet the United States government has apparently promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the international aid embargo against the Palestinian Authority will be lifted as soon as he forms a government without Hamas representation.
Sometimes democracy just doesn't work and a lot of the time it is just bloody inconvenient but that's the way it is and one has to live with it. Unless of course you are the dominant power on the planet and democracy gets in the way of your Freedom Agenda!
Yet the United States government has apparently promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the international aid embargo against the Palestinian Authority will be lifted as soon as he forms a government without Hamas representation.
Sometimes democracy just doesn't work and a lot of the time it is just bloody inconvenient but that's the way it is and one has to live with it. Unless of course you are the dominant power on the planet and democracy gets in the way of your Freedom Agenda!
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