Quote Originally Posted by invictus0972 View Post
I wonder if we should acknowledge Hamas, which was democratically elected by the Palestinian people. Also, Hamas spends 90% of its budget on badly needed social welfare programs. We do not acknowledge them because they are considered a terrorist organization. I agree with Bob's assessment that it is inappropriate to talk of these issues in terms of "good" and "bad"; rather, we should merely consider our strategic interests.
I doubt very much that Hamas spends 90% of its budget on social problems--or, for that matter that we even know what its budget is.