Hamas Has an Outstanding Victory

With the recent election in Palestine won by Hamas by a huge majority it will be very interesting watching closely how the Smirking Chimp attempts to spin his version of Democracy with this one.
In a press conference today he was stuttering in his usual nonsensical manner.

From the Washington Post

Dan Froomkin-

President Bush this morning faced a conundrum: How to reconcile all his soaring rhetoric about democracy with the democratic election victory of a radical Islamic group he has labeled as a terrorist organization?

The answer: Spin that conundrum away The words "terrorist organization" never came out of Bush's mouth in his hastily-called news conference, just hours after it became clear that Hamas won a huge upset victory in the Palestinian elections. Bush as recently as yesterday, in a Wall Street Journal interview, flatly declared that the U.S. won't deal with the group regardless of the election results.

But this morning, Bush was looking hard for the positive. The Palestinian vote was "a wakeup call to the leadership," he said.
Bush said-
"The people are demanding honest government. The people want services. They want to be able to raise their children in an environment in which they can get a decent education and they can find health care. And so the elections should open the eyes of the old guard there in the Palestinian territories."

He only grudgingly acknowledged the central problem: "On the other hand, I don't see how you can be a partner in peace if you advocate the destruction of a country as part of your platform.

"And I know you can't be a partner in peace if you have a -- if your party has got an armed wing."

Considering the US governments excessive and frequent use of force I find these words bewildering.
I'm optimistic about this election win by Hamas because almost the exact same words were spoken by the British government when Sin Fien entered politics and won seats in Parliament.
You cannot force Peace onto people, which seems to be what these idiots try to be doing at times.
So many people in the West have absolutely no idea of what is happening in the Middle East, specifically between Israel and Palestine. All they know is what they read in or hear from the corporate Media. I'm not going to go into that here but all I can do is ask people to do their own research on this subject rather than believe the tripe that is presented before you in the mainstream media.


Both the US and the Israel governments have said they will not deal with a Terrorist organisation.
By making statements like that it sounds to me like the negotiations are over. They not even going to give Peace a chance. To me it appears as the US and Israel Governments are just covering themselves for any future hostility towards the legitimately elected government of Palestine.
How the hell are Peace negotiations even going to start if Israel (with the Neocons cheering them on) refuses to talk with the newly legally elected government of Palestine?