WUI (Writing under the influence)

[I]f you look at Iran and the Palestinian State, both are unique in the sense they conducted a free election. When George Bush took the white house, we had Arafat in Palestine, and a moderate as President in Iran. Now we have Ham-as in Palestine and the fundamentalists are back in power in Iran. Both were free elections. Can we hear the voice of the people in these two places? I think we can. What are they saying? Are they not repudiating American foreign policy? Is this the direction we would like things to be going? Is it what George W Bush set as a goal? Or has his radical and belligerent approach to foreign policy reviled these voters as they give power to the forces who do not seek to live in peace with the rest of the world?

A recent poll cited by Stephen Farrell of the London Times suggests that most of them regret their vote in January to give a parliamentary majority to Hamas, regarded as a terrorist group by the U.S. and the European Union. The survey says that if that election were held now, only 18% would vote for Hamas, compared with 38% for its main rival, Fatah.

posted by Polish Immigrant  # 7:59 PM