"You can't have one foot in politics and another in terror," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in response to the apparent Hamas electoral victory on Thursday afternoon. Speaking to the Davos World Economic Forum, Rice interrupted a discussion on democracy in order to deliver the Bush administration's first response to the election upset. The elections, according to Rice, were "peaceful and free of violence, and by all accounts fair. The Palestinian people have voted for change," she said, but added in what may have been a veiled warning to Hamas, "we believe their aspirations for peace remain unchanged."
Now - read the last sentence again. The Palestinian people have voted for change. What kind of change? The platform of Hamas. What is their platform? Nothing less than the physical eradication of Israel off the map. Look at what our NeoCon Sect'y of State says: "We believe their aspirations for peace remain unchanged." What aspirations for peace? Condie spelled it wrong - she must have meant "their aspirations for (every) piece (of Israel) remain unchanged". Condie reveals the persistent blindness of the Bush administration vis-a-vis the larger Muslim (not Islamist) agenda to destroy Israel and the West. What she and they believe is 180 degrees from the reality on the ground, in the mouths of the people, and in the Hamas Charter. Read the Hamas Charter for yourself. Click here.
To make perfectly clear what the Hamas policy is toward Israel, open the Hamas Charter document. Then press cntrl+f on your Windows keyboard, type the word Israel into the Find window and carefully read the context of each statement. It should forever settle what is really at work here. Ms. Rice is wrong - choosing to impose her biased agenda and beliefs on a situation that tells her and the world otherwise.
