Tuesday February 28, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

It happened.
Rather than ostracizing Hamas, the world has accepted Hamas and is laying out the welcome mat for the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority.

The US just congratulated the EU on their promise of $143 million in emergency aid to the Palestinians.
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi just complimented Russia for embracing Hamas.
France ... the United Nations ... the list goes on.

In due course, Hamas will be embraced by the entire Western world, to think otherwise is to misunderstand world diplomacy.
At this point it does not matter that Hamas is a terrorist organization, that fact – by now - has been overlooked.

The free world, Israel included, was outsmarted and outplayed by Hamas.
Rather than pushing Hamas' buttons, bombarding them with the tough language and military strikes that would have forced Hamas to show their true motives and acknowledge their agenda - the annihilation of Israel - Israel permitted Hamas to proceed with a humanitarian platform.

There is no turning back now.