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Or misinformed, most of the Hamas candidates refrained from talking about the more radical aspects of their charter (Islamic law, expulsion of Israel) during the election.
Ummm,are you seriously trying to say the voters there didn't KNOW Hamas' stance re: Israel?
Ummm,are you seriously trying to say the voters there didn't KNOW Hamas' stance re: Israel?
I'm not sure they have too many top-notch politcal education classes down in the West Bank, although I could be wrong. However, Hamas offered a 10-year ceasefire that was mostly honored for an extended period of time and some of its leaders have considered recognizing Israel, which doesn't excuse them from the many wrongs they've committed but does seem to make the election results possibly less the result of a "widespread national hatred and insanity among the entire populace."
Yes, as Americans we're intimately familiar with the ease with which one may start up a successful new party and break up the old power structure while winning the support of a majority of the populace, we've had what, like 3 Libertarian Party presidents in the past century and 7 Greens make it to the national debates, right?
Yes, and our major parties have become more inclusive and have broadened their appeal in response to popular reformist groups.
which would generally kill far more civillians than any suicide bomb, but what's strange is that the Palestinian territories were the only Muslim area surveyed where the support for suicide bombing was a majority... in Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon about 70% were completely against it. Could the higher number in the territories have something to do with desparation stemming from oppression? Which isn't to say that suicide bombings against civillians are justified in any way, but is the use of nuclear weapons any more justified?
which would generally kill far more civillians than any suicide bomb, but what's strange is that the Palestinian territories were the only Muslim area surveyed where the support for suicide bombing was a majority... in Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon about 70% were completely against it. Could the higher number in the territories have something to do with desparation stemming from oppression? Which isn't to say that suicide bombings against civillians are justified in any way, but is the use of nuclear weapons any more justified?
I think it shows that the Lebanese are damn sick and tired of Hezbollah hding among their homes and businesses. Wouldn't you be?
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