Dr.Daniel Pipes has shown that brevity can be the soul of brillance by providing a view of the future rule of Hamas and the dangers of legitimising it. His short article should be stuck with a Post-it on the computer of every government official in the United States.

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PA honours killer of innocent children [687 words]	faqi	Mar 14, 2006 02:25
Such a double standard [288 words]	Cynthia Brown	Feb 13, 2006 10:00
To make it shorter [378 words]	Hilare	Feb 7, 2006 13:54
↔ to Hilare To make it shorter [378 words] [230 words]	Afif	Feb 8, 2006 06:50
World must heed Palestinian choice: Israel Islamists [334 words]	Sophie	Feb 6, 2006 15:46
I Love Your Articles [22 words]	Zeeshan Ali	Feb 6, 2006 10:08
Moslem Militia Groups [187 words]	Daniel Dunk	Feb 5, 2006 11:59
↔ Islamic Strategy [57 words]	Ben Redy	Feb 6, 2006 10:58
Hamas victory is horrible.. [349 words]	M Saleem Akhtar	Feb 5, 2006 09:45
Achieving Balance?, or just Weigh Out On A Limb? [241 words]	orange yonason	Feb 5, 2006 04:04
little murders [166 words]	donvan	Feb 3, 2006 14:18
Thankful for Presidential Term Limts - I hope [68 words]	Know Thy Enemy	Feb 3, 2006 12:14
Wake Up [129 words]	Craeg	Feb 2, 2006 23:05
↔ The root cause of the "embracing" [100 words]	Pigfoot	Feb 3, 2006 12:36
HAMAS victory, not a bad thing after all (faithfreedom.org) [95 words]	Ahmed	Feb 1, 2006 17:24
↔ wrong info response to a(h)mad [96 words]	Harrak	Feb 1, 2006 20:22
↔ Harrak's comment on faithfreedom.org [123 words]	Ahmed	Feb 3, 2006 14:38
↔ ahmed is right [211 words]	italian	Feb 4, 2006 17:57
↔ Reply to Arsenault and Armand [511 words]	Harrak	Feb 5, 2006 00:56
↔ Harrak, if you think death threats on Ali Sina are made up, try publishing Mohammed's cartoons [162 words]	Ahmed	Feb 6, 2006 13:17
↔ to ahmed [49 words]	aysegul	Mar 4, 2006 13:53
Hamastan MUST be made a deterrent example [160 words]	Mitchell	Feb 1, 2006 12:19
⇒ Dr.Pipes Rules Okay! [48 words]	Ben van de Polder	Feb 1, 2006 01:35
Hamas and the new coalition of the willing [406 words]	Harrak	Feb 1, 2006 00:27
Hamas [183 words]	Tellis	Jan 31, 2006 20:47
A Moment that Teaches [68 words]	mhw	Jan 31, 2006 18:37
The course is set. [118 words]	rench	Jan 31, 2006 16:54
Terrocracy [28 words]	Michael T. Visnov	Jan 31, 2006 09:41
Election Results... [168 words]	Bill Sturm	Jan 31, 2006 08:22
We have had all the State Department "peace" we are prepared to take. [682 words]	SHmuel HaLevi	Jan 31, 2006 06:19
Hamas win [181 words]	Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai	Jan 31, 2006 02:33
↔ Israel's conquests? [51 words]	PDM	Jan 31, 2006 19:42
↔ Inflicting blood and gore? [65 words]	LW in USA heartland	Feb 1, 2006 14:46
↔ Muslims universal hatred of jews [425 words]	A.A.	Feb 1, 2006 17:11
Hamas Victory [177 words]	H. Yazdi	Jan 31, 2006 01:55
↔ Irony? [74 words]	PDM	Jan 31, 2006 13:46
Hamastan [151 words]	Al Ramey	Jan 31, 2006 00:26
Unenlightened [59 words]	Douglas Boggs	Jan 30, 2006 23:44
Islamic militants vs. moderates [79 words]	Frank Vosler	Jan 30, 2006 21:53
The fanatic Moslem world [180 words]	F. Shakki	Jan 30, 2006 21:07
↔ hamas? [87 words]	abdul tsupaeng	Feb 19, 2006 03:26
Terrorist Country vs. Faction Within [186 words]	IK	Jan 30, 2006 18:53
↔ I agree-but what about Iran? [48 words]	Pigfoot	Jan 31, 2006 13:16
↔ "Palestine," Iran, & Israel [46 words]	Robert Arsenault	Feb 2, 2006 14:39
↔ Sounds like a call for State Sponsored Terrorism [125 words]	Cynthia Brown	Feb 13, 2006 11:08
↔ Israel Has Not Done Enough to Protect its Men, Women and Children [209 words]	jeff burke	Feb 19, 2006 15:43
A more disciplined opponent [80 words]	David W. Lincoln	Jan 30, 2006 18:13
Hamas Victory Is Good News [212 words]	asaf applebaum	Jan 30, 2006 16:30
↔ Hamas victory worsens a financial crisis [56 words]	Brukewilliams	Feb 5, 2009 03:07
Status Quo in the open [382 words]	James Biga	Jan 30, 2006 16:08
More on Hamas [99 words]	Maurice Picow	Jan 30, 2006 15:39
Prospects for peace [142 words]	steven l	Jan 30, 2006 15:24
↔ Poverty Is Not the Enemy [75 words]	Jane O	Jan 30, 2006 16:23
↔ Poverty [417 words]	Sidda	Jan 31, 2006 09:03
↔ More on capitalism (lack of) [172 words]	Pigfoot	Jan 31, 2006 12:56
↔ Poverty is definitely not the problem [42 words]	Arvind Madhavan	Jan 31, 2006 13:40
Ballot Box victors: Hamas [323 words]	Jane	Jan 30, 2006 15:07
Those Enjoying Western Cultures Need to Wake Up! [95 words]	Jane O	Jan 30, 2006 14:38
↔ Jane is a very wise lady [116 words]	Barbara	Jan 30, 2006 20:25
↔ citizen action [136 words]	donvan	Jan 31, 2006 12:21
↔ Jane .... the Israeli leadership has received that wake-up call. [220 words]	Janet Ann	Feb 16, 2006 14:56
What will the U.S. (President Bush) do? [281 words]		Jan 30, 2006 13:20
↔ compromise and acceptance of Hamas! [79 words]	Pigfoot	Jan 30, 2006 15:19
↔ The democratic process is a tool to further the Islamic agenda. [345 words]	Janet Ann	Feb 16, 2006 16:03

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