democracy in action (or: ha ha!)
So Hamas has won a huge election victory to take control of the Palestinian Authority. Well that is pretty damn funny! How dare they, some say, we gave those people the gift of democracy and now they elect people we don't like? Ungrateful bastards!But seriously, I find it hilarious when we preach the wonders of democracy abroad and then get our undies in a bunddle when elections don't go the way we wanted them to. Just check out Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Venezuala to see some examples of how crazy we act when the people of a given nation use democracy to elect leaders we don't like. It's pretty ugly.
In this case the US and EU are thinking of halting all aid to the PA because Hamas is so openly hostile to our precious friend Israel (in fact calling for its destruction) and Israel may not give tax revenue owed to the PA because of the election resaults. Very mature...
Well, now that we've shown the Palestinians that elections are not the answer, what'll they do next? I don't know, maybe fall back on terrorism again?
posted by AngryYoungMan @ 10:31 AM
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