Terrorism wins!

[vraiblonde]

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060126/D8FCBVLOC.html

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.

This lays to rest any starry-eyed misconceptions we might have had about the Palestinians wanting to work toward peace, huh Ken King?

 

[rack'm]

The U.S. needs to stop holding Israel back.

 

[Pete]

This will not doubt cause Israel to vote Benjamin (Big Stick) Netanyahu back in to replace Sharon.

It is UFB with the concessions Israel has finally made that these pigs would vote in Hamas.

One step forward ...two steps back.

 

[Wickedwrench]

They have been at it for so long.................does anyone really think they want change?:shrug:

 

[Ken King]

Reading the accompanying article it seems that negotiations with Israel will still be conducted by the PLO President Abbas, so there is some stability there. What it looks like to me will happen is that Palestine will be battling amongst themselves more and less with others as the Hamas led government forms. If Hamas tries to implement strict Islamic functioning they might just encounter a civil-war of sorts and not have the time, effort, or people to worry about any others.

 

[rack'm]

They have been at it for so long.................does anyone really think they want change?:shrug:

Like those in public housing, living off of the taxpayers, they just want……….

 

[Wickedwrench]

Like those in public housing, living off of the taxpayers, they just want……….

 

[willie]

I know there is a reasonable explanation for this but how did they win?

From the AP:
Hamas Win Unsettles Peace Process
Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas celebrate the results of their group in the Palestinian parliamentary elections in the West Bank town of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 25, 2006. According to an exit poll by Bir Zeit Universityt Hamas took 39.5 percent of the vote in the elections on Wednesday and the ruling Fatah Party 46.4 percent. (AP Photo/Nasser Shyoukhi)

 

[Ken King]

I know there is a reasonable explanation for this but how did they win?

From the AP:
Hamas Win Unsettles Peace Process
Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas celebrate the results of their group in the Palestinian parliamentary elections in the West Bank town of Hebron Wednesday Jan. 25, 2006. According to an exit poll by Bir Zeit Universityt Hamas took 39.5 percent of the vote in the elections on Wednesday and the ruling Fatah Party 46.4 percent. (AP Photo/Nasser Shyoukhi)

Exit polls mean little when the guy asking who you voted for has an AK-47. You tell him what he wants to hear.

 

[FromTexas]

If Hamas tries to implement strict Islamic functioning they might just encounter a civil-war of sorts and not have the time, effort, or people to worry about any others.

That is exactly what I think is happening more and more this year among Palestinians. Have you noticed the unprecedented numbers of killings among their own parties? The problem I foresee is that I think the more aborrhent organizations are going to be the winners in the end... they have the firepower and the extraodinary lust for extreme violence. Not to mention the unwavering support of Iran, Syria, and other extremist governments.

 

[willie]

Exit polls mean little when the guy asking who you voted for has an AK-47. You tell him what he wants to hear.

You are correct....this was way down in ¶ 31:
Palestinian pollsters were at a loss to explain the discrepancy between the exit polls and the reality. It may have been partly due to a reluctance by some voters to admit to pollsters that they were abandoning the ruling party

 

[vraiblonde]

Exit polls mean little when the guy asking who you voted for has an AK-47. You tell him what he wants to hear.

And, as 2004 taught us, exit polls don't mean diddly.

 

[Kerad]

And, as 2004 taught us, exit polls don't mean diddly.

 

[Vince]

The heat from a nuclear explosion is approx 300,000 degrees C. Heat required to turn silica (sand) into glass is 1985 degrees C. Middle East = Glass parking lot. We're running short of parking space. :shrug:

 

[Lenny]

You are correct....this was way down in ¶ 31:
Palestinian pollsters were at a loss to explain the discrepancy between the exit polls and the reality. It may have been partly due to a reluctance by some voters to admit to pollsters that they were abandoning the ruling party

Hmmmmm, shades of the Albert ("I invented the internet") Gore win in 2K!

 

[czygvtwkr]

Actually I think it will soften Hamas, however what it does to the Palastinians as a whole is more iffy.

What does a politician do more than anything while in power, he tries to stay in power. Therefore I believe they will not want to take a hard stance on anything, even Israel.

 

[FromTexas]

Like Iran's new President from the hard liners took a softer stance?

And the violence will probably grow...

 

[FromTexas]

And the breakdown will continue till they are at each others throats more than anyone elses...

These people don't know peace. Not even if its with each other.

Angry police stormed the parliament building in Gaza and armed militants marched into Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' compound in Ramallah to demonstrate their rejection of Hamas' authority. Their defiance raised fears of a spike in violence between Palestinian factions.

 

[Ken King]

And the breakdown will continue till they are at each others throats more than anyone elses...

These people don't know peace. Not even if its with each other.

Palestine’s new national motto – Self-annihilation is our pathway to peace.

 

[FromTexas]

Palestine’s new national motto – Self-annihilation is our pathway to peace.

A civil war over a country you don't even have yet?