Cutting Hamas Off

Fire of Liberty

I have to give it to the White House for pushing through a measure that cuts off all relations and communications between the US(Officers or Representatives) and the terrorists of Hamas who now control the Palestinian government(We're still talking to President Abbas and non-Hamas parliamentarians). Now folks can say that this is cruel and a slap in the face to President Bush push for greater democracy in the region but as he pointed out in a gathering before Freedom House, he supports a two state entity but will not talk our help out a government that continues to call for the destruction of the other like Hamas has said repeatedly about Israel. I have to say that President Bush is taking a realistic assessment and knows that by cutting off money and communications with Hamas we can make them sweat and have to figure out how to get things like the budget, water, power, telephones, roads, healthcare and meeting payrolls done with their own limited funds thus eliminating the extra money they had to fund further acts of terrorism. By Hamas having to take over the show their voters will get to see what happens when vote for a group like Hamas who refuse to recognize Israel, renounce violence and abide by peace accords. The whole point about a democratic system is that ideas and actions have consequences and the actions by the US is what happens when folks made the mistake of elevating Hamas to a seat of power. All in all, President Bush has made a right decision on this one and Hamas and the Palestinians are the key to creating rapprochement with the US. Only time will tell.