Ha? mas!

It is puzzling that both the U.S. and Israel are “shocked” that Hamas won the election in Palestine. They have been calling for the removal of Arafat and his party Fatah for decades. Now that Arafat has long been dead and buried and his party lost the election, who do they expect to be in power? Hamas is the only alternative choice. Apparently neither governments has any plan for this eventuality. Do they think when Fatah no longer has the support of the voters; a party more “moderate” and less hostile to Israel would come to power? I don’t know what you would call it, wishful thinking? Self-delusion? Plain old blindness? I am shocked that they are shocked. Perhaps the fact that no one know what do with a Hamas government is more of a threat to peace than a Hamas government.