Hamas Treads the Political Path

The Secretary of State of a nation whose foreign policy is a mix of intimidation, bribery and military violence asks Hamas to renounce violence. Irony of ironies...
Hamas` victory may mark the end of secularism in palestine.

india will most likely have an even-keel aproach..palestine as a nation is a minute economic player and hence will get a minor mind-share from india with some lip-service. it will continue forwarding economic and security relationship with israel. on iran its more likely to be a security council thingy, india has no say there.

thanks to Sharon the Bulldozer and also a Butcher in spare time -- and thanks to the corrupt PA -- Hamas has won Palestinian election hands down...

....Hamas Islamist extremists have won nearly 80 seats in a 132 seat assembly -- good for Likud`s Israel -- good for corrupt Arafat`s corrupt children -- and good for the Don of Devastation and Destruction -- Dubya the Dimwit -- the Don Quixote of Democrazy by Daisy Cutters.....

now one hopes everybody plays by the rules of democracy......including the Hamas suicide bombers........

they all got what they asked for -- and fully deserved what they got........amen

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whatever u think of pak but sir do shed some light on what india plan to do regardding palastine if hamas wins and also how will india vote on iran issue in un? once india was great supporter of palastine wasnt it? this just a question do not take as bashing....

``Have not read the article. Don`t have to.

Now the hindoo factoid junkies will show up with their cut & paste postings, which are more fun to read. As usual, these useless brainless Indian RSS creatures will be here with full force.``

I am amused with all this Indian bashing that all posts tend to degenirate into. I wish my pakistani friends would focus more on building themselves and their country and less on destroying India and Indians. Yes, we do have our faults and sometimes appreciate you highlighting them.

i see (albeit, a stretched) an analogy to congress and BJP. fatah is like the nationalist congress, which won election after election based on its credentials in winning a statehood (in the form of PLA) and is ineffective and corrupt in governance like the congress. BJP wins on a mixture of religion based grassroot emotional support and a promise of low corruption governance a-la-modi. good to see hamas win, a shakeup is benefitial. israelis are perhaps happy...a fractured parliament headed by the hamas may actually mean fewer bombings since hamas may be too busy breaking knees of fatah opposition.

Have not read the article. Don`t have to.

Now the hindoo factoid junkies will show up with their cut & paste postings, which are more fun to read. As usual, these useless brainless Indian RSS creatures will be here with full force.

Indians are creatures hard for humans to understand.

this is what happens with spreading Democracy with Daisy Cutters and Bulldozers -- in the lands of Allah.....

.....the jackfruit of the Democrazy will always be picked by the Ayotullahs PugrRees instead of the Abbasi hats.......

Sujata, thanks for bringing this topic up. It will be good to see what the various interactors have to say about it. My two bit is as follows: If Hamas wins, there will be spoils to share. The size of these spoils will depend on who they make `peace` with. My pediction is that pure greed (not necessarily a bad thing) will imply that ``peace`` will be made with Israel. And wonder of wonders it will be Hamas that will bring peace.

On a different note, my own opinion is that the PLO has done much more for the Palestinians. Hamas was and is simply more populist and bombastic. Its present political dominance has more to do with the current rudderless PLO leadership than with any positive endowment of its own. Let us see how events unfold from now on?