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To: Garden Rose who wrote (272941)	1/20/2010 11:11:02 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Hawk, you only support democracy when it fits your agenda, otherwise its a pretext for foreign interventionism. Actually, I support democracy in EVERY CASE. I don't think you can even grasp the importance of democratic elections. It makes the government accountable to the people. And it provides the mechanism for people to change their government when they change their minds or political views (think Massachusetts). The Palestinians LEGITIMATELY (for the most part) elected Hamas. And when they elected Hamas, they elected their values, as well as their political agenda of "forever war" and global Jihad. Thus, those people in Gaza will share the fate of Hamas, unless they push Hamas out of power (because Hamas isn't going to permit another contested election). That's another reason that any democracy MUST have organized political opposition standing ready to provide the electorate an alternative. And a democracy MUST have a free and objective media and press, to hold ALL the politicians accountable. Nothing sells papers better than political scandal and politicians know that. I feel for the people in Gaza who didn't vote for Hamas or any other Salafist group of religious fanatics. I really do.. But the majority of their people voted for Hamas, just as the Germans voted in Hitler. Thus, they have no one to blame but themselves. And thus, they are the solution. They have to dig deep and figure out what kind of lives they want to have. A life of peace and prosperity, or a life of "forever war" in the name of religion. Hawk