Monday, January 30, 2006

Untameable Hamas

This is the article of the day, from Foreign Affairs' upcoming March/April issue, the summary says it all:

Optimists argue that Hamas' participation in mainstream Palestinian politics will spur the group to moderate its radical goals and terrorist tactics. But history shows that political participation co-opts militants only under very specific conditions -- and almost none of those exist in the Palestinian Authority today.

The author = Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog of the IDF.

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