Why is Egypt Airing Insurgent TV from Iraq?

[invictus0972]

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.

[politicsbyothermeans]

Not to muddy the issue but, OMS and much of the Sadrist infrastructure is geared towards easing the suffering of the downtrodden. Just because some, or even most, of your efforts go towards "good" doesn't mean that some of your folks don't need to wake up dead.

[Rex Brynen]

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.