By Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 8, 2006
The way the U.S. is promoting Democracy in the Middle East, it is likely to backfire on the West. President George W. Bush in his State of the Union Address stated:
Elections are vital, but they are only the beginning. Raising up a democracy requires the rule of law, and protection of minorities, and strong, accountable institutions that last longer than a single vote” Yet, the law that rules HAMAS and led to its victory is the same evil Islamofascism that President Bush decries. It is futile to hope that the group whose reason for existence, according to its Charter, is to impose and enforce the Shari’a law in Israel and globally, would be willing to change its raison d’etre.
HAMAS, like other Islamist organizations has mastered the strategy of defeating the West through its own political system. HAMAS does so by leveraging the very freedoms that it wants to obliterate. The First Terrorist People, has declared by the very vote that they reject Western standards. Yet, the West continues to delude themselves and pander to the first democratically elected terrorist entity by projecting Western values on them. For example, President Bush stated his naïve conjecture that “now the leaders of Hamas must recognize Israel, disarm, reject terrorism, and work for lasting peace.” Continue reading “Hamas Will Not Change”
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