#2 The Palestinians voted in Hamas in about as free and fair an election as is likely to happen in the Arab world in this generation. As a result the financially solvent part of the world instituted a financial blockade that, while now starting to crumble, has resulted in the lovely all-against-all civil war likely to continue until the last fighter turns his weapon on himself for lack of any other target. Let the Arab voters honestly express their will... then let them live with the consequences that flow therefrom. It's an important lesson in reality. |