On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > Iraq is not a "democracy" with quotes. It is an actual democracy, with freely elected officials and democratic institutions. And surprise, surprise, Iraq the democracy is no longer funding or supporting terrorism. So it worked. > > And Hamas IS a democratically terrorist government so, in short, > you're wrong on all counts: > > Hamas won seats in parliament but had to share power with Fatah. Instead, they took over Gaza in a bloody coup. They are not recognized by the UN as representatives of the Palestinians: -- http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/news/detail/67315.html 13/01/2009 While the Secretary-General says the UN traditionally coordinates its efforts in the occupied Palestinian territory with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas - the officially recognized representative of the Palestinians - he says speaking with Hamas can't be ruled out. Cut and audio of the Secretary-General's full news conference are available below ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:286275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
