Dear Palestine,
**GET IT TOGETHER ALREADY.** So you elected an organization recognized by both the CIA and the EU as a terrorist organization to run your parliament, now they've initiated a civil war against your president and his cabinet, which all experts agree will incontrovertibly result in a mass humanitarian disaster. You are not ready for democracy. Period.
(Incidentally, I cannot find you, Palestine, wholly culpable for this electoral failure. The current Administration of my own nation, in misguided optimism, has crafted a foreign policy strategy that unleashed the forces of democracy upon your region. It has celebrated Iraq as the model for democracy in the Middle East, and now you are feasting on the fruit of their success in reproducing that nation's state of affairs.)
(I know many out there would cite some of my comments as hypocritical, since my fellow Americans and I brought Bush43 back for a second term—this time without any vote recount mishaps, Supreme Court rulings, or electoral college vote technicalities on which to place the blame. Still, as abominable as those on the left find him and what he's made of our nation, I seriously doubt any of them would leave the democracy of the US for that in Palestine.)
(Actually, the problem in Palestine raises some real questions about governance in the Arab world. Clearly oppression and Saddam-style tyranny are neither tolerable nor sustainable, but so far the alternatives have not produced better results. Maybe the Middle East is simply not yet ready for government.)
It seems that freedom is, indeed, on the march. The problem now is cleaning up the carnage that it's leaving in its wake.
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November 2007 update: Gazans are indeed starting to feel the pain of Hamas leadership. A host of UN, US, EU, and Israeli sanctions are making a difficult situation even worse. See NPR story here.
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- I like all things dairy, especially cheese and butter. I think liberal capitalism and globalization will create wealth and help reduce poverty, but I am also in favor of organized efforts to aid the economically marginalized. Mangos are better than nectarines, but not as good as cherries. I think $100 is not too much to pay for a necktie, provided it is of high quality and is easilly incorporated into ones wardrobe. I think America should move to energy independence, ween ourselves off foreign petrol, stop consuming 25% of the world's oil, and emit less greenhouse gases. I think people should wear sunscreen. Local eyewitness news is crap, and is contributing to the dumbing of America. Listen to NPR and read _The Economist_.
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