Sure do love Democracy...
 

Here comes a whole ton of "IMO", curious what others think.

Well the US sure does love democracy, except when the winning party isn't the one the US favors....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/....ap/index.html


I understand all the concerns with Hamas taking over leadership of Palestine. I understand why Israel would be worried. What I don't understand is how some nations can sit back and dictate to another nation who can and can not lead that nation via a democratic election which was watched like a hawk. I guess I just don't want to believe that the world can be this corrupt. I don't remember huge headlines every day denouncing US leaders following the 2000 elections?

The US is not dictating who can or cannot lead Palestine. As you mentioned, the elections were free and fair. The US is just saying that it won't deal with, or financially support, a government that supports terrrorism.

Juan

You should of been in Florida. You couldn't hide from it, for months. It was all the news, all the time. And almost none of it was positive.

Maybe it didn't make it's way up there much, but it was quite the firestorm here.

Had you been in Canada around that time, you would have seen such headlines - in every newspaper, every TV talk show, and heard it on every radio talk show.

"The United States is not prepared to fund an organization that advocates the destruction of Israel, that advocates violence and that refuses its obligations"

Do you actually have a problem with this? Because this is really what it's about.

Tell you what I think:
George w Bush and his good mate Tony Blair should sort out each of their own country first before they ever start to worry about others.

Infact I don't know why anybody gives either of them the time of day after the farse of iraq and their lies.

That maybe true or not, but either way it has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

Well I disagree it does have something to do with the above topic.

E'hhh lets see why did messrs Blair & Bush get rid of "sadman" didn't want him to be leader and the fact he supports terrorism.??

ok....what does that have to do with your original post: domestic affairs? In fact, Sadaam and Palestine are seperate issues as well. Israel and Palestine is an old issue that is for the most part on it's own.

I don't want to start a flame war, let's just try to stay true to the original post: the future Palestinian leadership and our policy regarding it.

Oh ok. I must have mid understood the point of the post I am sorry. :( I was trying to get the point over about we have enough problems well in the UK anyway without our Goverment going off on another one.

I honestly thought the post was about the Hamas winning the election and how Europe and USA etc didn't want to deal with them.:) My apologies.