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Thursday, January 26, 2006
current events...

Current events have impacted our class. Hamas has won the election in the Palestinian Authority, and threatens to destabilize the region. Bush has said that this is a clear indication that people were not satisfied with the status quo, and I agree. However, I have to ad that this also shows that people want services, they want health care, and all those things that Hamas was providing them. While it's true that Hamas' military tactics are questionable, their social programs have won them many followers. Why couldn't the Fatah party get this together?

One other thing that I don't think is coming through all this is that democracy doesn't always give the results that we wish for. Sometimes, the US doesn't want to hear what the population of new democracies thinks.
: toadman : at Thursday, January 26, 2006

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