Hamas to boycott W. Bank elections

[oberliner]

Hamas officials said on Monday that the Islamist movement will boycott the municipal elections that the Palestinian Authority is planning to hold in the West Bank in July.

They said that the elections were being held under the supervision of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's "unconstitutional government which, they added, has dissolved many of the elected municipal councils and replaced them with appointed ones.

Hamas won't recognize the results of the planned elections because they lack fairness and credibility," the officials said, claiming that they were designed to help Fatah and supporters of the Oslo Accords.

According to Hamas, the vote is being held under the auspices of "politically-motivated" Fatah security forces that are practicing "security terror" against Palestinians.

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=176326

[still_one]

1. The problem was that in 2006 Hamas won the elections, but were not recognized

I am not a fan of Hamas, but am under no illusion if there is going to be peace, they need to be involved in the process

So lets review:

Bush invaded Iraq based on a lie, which destabilized the middle east, and gave more power to Iran
Bush pushed the elections for the Palestinian's and didn't get the results he wanted, so he decided to ignore the party that won

Do we have any idea what we are doing?

The positive news is that Obama is now president, and the policies are vastly different than the previous administration. Take Iran for instance. Obama was critisized for not actively supporting the Iranian's in their protest against Ahmadinejad in their elections.

Contrast that with the Tiniman square protests where the U.S. actively encouraged the protests.

Was the U.S. willing to go to war with those countries?