The Hamas victory over the ruling Fatah group in the recent Palestinian elections is probably sending earthquake-size tremors down the backs of democratically elected governments around the world, not the least of which is ours.
Assuming the election was without any massive amounts of fraud, the people have spoken and the fact that they’ve chosen an avowed terrorist group (over a lesser but still avowed terrorist group) doesn’t change the fact that it was democracy in action.
And this is the single most important thing to happen in the Mideast — showing that democracy works. If this election falls to internal internecine warfare, fine, that’s not our problem. But it can demonstrate to all the naysayers in the world that democracy works. You want your country back? Hold a legitimate election.
We may not like, want to work with, support economically, or otherwise deal with who was elected, but if the people elected them, they’re theirs.
Lucky — in this case — there isn’t any oil involved!
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