[Grovenet] New to me.

[Eric Canon]

The other thing about this, if you look at Iran
and the Palestinian State, both are unique in the
sense they conducted a free election. When George
Bush took the white house, we had Arafat in
Palestine, and a moderate as President in Iran.
Now we have Ham-as in Palestine and the
fundamentalists are back in power in Iran. Both
were free elections. Can we hear the voice of the
people in these two places? I think we can. What
are they saying? Are they not repudiating
American foreign policy? Is this the direction we
would like things to be going? Is it what George
W Bush set as a goal? Or has his radical and
belligerent approach to foreign policy reviled
these voters as they give power to the forces who
do not seek to live in peace with the rest of the
world?

Lebanon is next. Forget about moderation coming
from there. This is a great victory for Syria and
Iran. And Hezbollah.

--- David Morelli <jo.david at verizon.net> wrote:


> Didn't they have democratic elections in
> Lebanon a few month back?   
> And how likely is it that that government will
> remain in power after  
> Israel shows how powerless it is?
> 
> Didn't they have a democratic election in Gaza
> a few months back?   
> And how has Israel accepted that one?
> 
> Funny thing about democracy, it isn't the sort
> of thing that the US  
> really likes for others.
> 
> David
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