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Originally Posted by scaeagles
I am not surprised that the Palestinians voted as they did. They danced in the streets when 9/11 happened (prior to "pulling the rug out from under them", as you put it), and financially support suicide bombers killing innocent civilians. I think this is exactly what was expected. What happened is we went from a position of having to deal with Arafat and the PLO, who were never interested in peace (as Clinton was able to demonstrate when he got Isreal to agree to 96% of the land the Palestinians were demanding and they turned it down), to having exposed them as a country that truly does not desire peace in that they elected Hamas, who as a group has sworn to eliminate Isreal.
You see bullying. I see great foreign policy.
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Once again you've narrowed your view to an isolated situation, rather than the world perspective. I told you I don't disagree with the decission to not deal with Hamas. I disgree with us throwing our weight around spouting our ideals when we (correctly) don't hold to them when it's convenient for us.