Yes, I understand - I thought it would be better if the "honest" hamas won vs fatah, so the world would see what Israel is dealing with

Submitted by Mark Gold (United States), Jun 12, 2009 at 17:42

But unfortunately, much of the world, remarkably enough, nonetheless sympathizes with hamas regardless of their open genocidal goals and actions.

And thus while ahmedinijihad may not lull us into complacency, the end result may not be much different.

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