> RoMunn wrote: > And seriously, are you arguing that democracy is NOT a good thing? Really? >
I'm arguing that invading Iraq to create a "democracy" thinking that that'll stop that country from perpetrating international terrorism is a fool's notion. And Hamas IS a democratically terrorist government so, in short, you're wrong on all counts: --- Hamas's political wing has won many local elections in Gaza, Qalqilya, and Nablus. In January 2006, Hamas won victory in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, taking 76 of the 132 seats in the chamber, while the previous ruling Fatah party took 43.[12] Many perceived the preceding Fatah government as corrupt and ineffective, and Hamas's supporters see it as an "armed resistance"[13] movement defending Palestinians from what they call the brutal military occupation of Palestinian territories.[14] Since Hamas's election victory, particularly sharp infighting has occurred between Hamas and Fatah.[15][16] Following the Battle of Gaza in June of 2007, elected Hamas officials were ousted from their positions in the Palestinian National Authority government in the West Bank and replaced by rival Fatah members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286268 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
