You might think it was a bad idea for the Palestinians to elect Hamas to run their..what?..country? Is it a country? a nation? An idea?
It may not be such a bad idea after all. First, because it doesn’t really matter who runs Palestine - they produce nothing - no industry, no natural resources, no GDP; nothing but bombs and babies - boy, do they produce babies. That’s how they can afford to waste so many by teaching them to throw rocks at people with guns. They are not even getting the $25,000 per suicide bomber that Iraq used to send them. Their economy is entirely dependent on the U.N. and the U.S..
That kind of “quasi-detente” where Israel has to pretend that Palestine is a legitimate nation and Palestine has to pretend that they don’t want to blow Israel off the map can be put aside now and Israel can face her enemy as her enemy. And that could be a very good thing. Not for Palestine, though.
So, why did they do it? Why did they overwhelmingly elect Hamas to run their govenment? I believe it is a direct result of Sharon’s Gaza withdrawal and capitulation to the terrorists. Disingagement indeed! Their enemies emboldened, they seek now to confront Israel directly. Hamas has made no secret that they believe terrorism is the resaon Gaza was given to them and they intend to stay the course until they control Jerusalem.
In Palestinian-controlled Gaza last week, virtually everyone The Sunday Telegraph spoke to said that Israel’s indihar, or retreat, had been forced by the scores of young suicide bombers who have killed more than 1,000 Israeli civilians in the five-year-long intifada, or uprising.
In Beirut, a Hamas spokesman, Khaled Mashaal, was defiant. “The resistance and the steadfastness of our people forced the Zionists to withdraw,” he declared last week. “The armed struggle is the only strategy that Hamas possesses. As long as Palestinian lands remain under occupation, Hamas won’t lay down its weapons.”
With many Palestinians genuinely believing that the intifada forced Israel’s withdrawal in Gaza, there is widespread support for using similar terror tactics to prompt the Israelis to withdraw from the West Bank.
The best part of a Hamas run government , however, may be that even the most liberal politicians in Israel must now face reality. Iran’s intentions towards them are clear. Their arch nemeses now control their closest neighbor. the UN is feckless and impotent and the U.S. is busy engaging their common enemy elsewhere in the world.
Only a fool would stand and throw rocks at a tank, unless they knew for certain the tank would not fire on them.
Push the red button Mr. Tank Driver!! Push the red button!!
