Re: US endorses Hamas win (Re: Hamas wins Palestinian elections (Re: US won't acknowledge Palestinian democracy

In article <1138333787.584924.166480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"kuff (Isaac Adams)" <kuff00@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aVkEGwshCV5Y&refer=top_wor
> ld_news
>
> The U.S. and other members of a group sponsoring Middle East peace
> efforts endorsed the results of Palestinian elections that were won by
> Hamas, an Islamic movement bent on Israel's destruction.
>
> The so-called Quartet of the United Nations, U.S., European Union and
> Russia ``calls on all parties to respect the results of the election
> and the outcome of the Palestinian constitutional process so that it
> may unfold in an atmosphere of calm and security,'' a statement issued
> from New York said. ...
>
> ``The state of `Hamastan' has been created before our eyes, an Iranian
> satellite state in the image of the Taliban,'' former Prime Minister
> Benjamin Netanyahu, who will run against Olmert in March 28 elections,
> said in remarks broadcast on Israel Radio. ...
>
>
> kuff (Isaac Adams) wrote:
> > http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/26/content_515857.htm
> >
> > Hamas' top official told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday
> > the Islamic militant group is ready for a partnership after defeating
> > the ruling Fatah Party in parliamentary elections - a shocking upset
> > sure to throw Mideast peacemaking into turmoil.
> >
> > Officials in both parties said Hamas appeared to have captured a large
> > majority of seats in Wednesday's elections. The Central Election
> > Commission said the vote count had not been completed and that it would
> > make an official announcement Thursday evening. ...
> >
> > Israel and the United States have said they would not deal with a
> > government led by Hamas, which has carried out dozens of suicide
> > bombings and which they consider a terrorist group. ...
> >
> > Israeli officials declined comment on the outcome, but senior security
> > officials gathered Thursday to discuss the results. Acting Prime
> > Minister Ehud Olmert scheduled talks with senior officials later in the
> > day.
> >
> > Olmert said Wednesday, before Hamas claimed victory, that Israel cannot
> > trust a Palestinian leadership in which the Islamic group has a role.
> >
> > "Israel can't accept a situation in which Hamas, in its present form as
> > a terror group calling for the destruction of Israel, will be part of
> > the Palestinian Authority without disarming," Olmert said in a
> > statement issued by his office. ...
> >
> > Turnout was heavy, with nearly 78 percent of 1.3 million eligible
> > voters casting ballots. Polling stations were heavily guarded, and
> > there were no reports of major violence.
> >
> > International observers, including former President Carter, reported no
> > major problems with fraud.
> >
> > kuff (Isaac Adams) wrote:
> > > http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/673474.html
> > >

To think that Democracy can work in an Islamic state is total absurdity.
It flies in the face of all Islamic teachings and, contrary to the
revisionist beliefs of US's own brand of religious fundies, is a
commitment to secular, or at least, religious neutral societies.
Democracy will be used simply to sweep away any government intent on
controlling or moderating Islam, and to put in place a pure theocracy.
Either Bush is a raving fundamentalist idiot or he is doing this
democratization in the ME thing for greed and self interest. In either
case, the US citizenry is being duped. We are paying in lives and the
borrowed dollars selling out our own future.

> > > The American administration has promised Israel that the United States
> > > will not recognize any Palestinian government in which Hamas
> > > participates, government sources in Jerusalem have said.
> > >
> > > The sources said that American envoys who visited here about 10 days
> > > ago told Israeli officials that recognizing such a government would
> > > violate American law.
> > >
> > > Israel has also received similar messages from Javier Solana, the
> > > European Union's top foreign policy official, and Spanish Foreign
> > > Minister Miguel Moratinos, who visited Israel last week, the sources
> > > said.
> > >
> > > Polls have shown that Hamas could win a third or more of the vote in
> > > the Wednesday elections for the Palestinian parliament, a showing that
> > > could prompt an offer from the ruling Fatah party to share power in a
> > > coalition government. ...
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