Middle Eastern Turmoil

With the overwhelming Hamas majority in the new Palistinean Parliment, stability in the Middle East, especially for Israel, is a distant dream. Hamas won 76 of the 132 seats in the Palestinian government. Fatah, the majority party for 40 years, is not too happy. Hamas and Fatah are settling their disagreement by gun-battle.

(A quick side-thought: can you imagine if Republicans and Democrats setteled their agreement the same way? I guess Republicans would always win, they're the only ones who own guns.)

Hamas is a known terrorist organization whose purpose is to bring about the extermination of Israel. The Hamas "Martyrs Oath" explains, "There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad."

This article by Reuters is quite ridiculous. It begins, "Hamas's stunning Palestinian election victory this week signals that democratic change is possible in the Arab world, even if the United States might not be pleased with the outcome of an idea it has championed."

Democratic change in the Arab world? I don't think the newsmedia grasps the reality of that election. A terrorist organization is the dominating power in the Palestinian government. This result is a perfect example of a how true democracy is flawed. No wonder James Madison said,

Democracy is the most vile form of government ... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention, have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.