Re: Sad and shortlived Palestinian rule in Gaza:
Maybe it's just me, but launching thousands of rockets into a neighboring country is not backed by "international law".
The Palestinians are spoiling for a fight. They are not victims, they enjoy playing a propaganda card with victim printed on it. You have bought into their propaganda.
And let's be very clear, just because Hamas is "Democratically Elected" does not mean that we have to love them. Bush is democratically elected, does that mean that you automatically accept all of his policies? "Democratically Elected"? Hitler was democratically elected. It is the actions and interactions of the government that will allow the rest of the "Democratically Elected" world to decide whether they will integrate with Hamas.
Hamas was the lesser of two evils in the election. They did not receive a radical mandate, they were chosen for their grass roots efforts to help the Palestinian people. They have succeeded in making life horribly worse.
Palestinians are primarily victims of their corrupt incompetent leadership.