HAMAS WAS DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED - HOW COME THE U.S. CUT OFF ALL AID?

Gaza is in a state of melt-down. Hamas fighters with guns roam the streets looking for Fatah supporters. There are no services. No one gets paid. And Israel controls all electric power and food allowed in.

Whose fault is this? George W. Bush. Ever since Hamas won a democratically-run election in January 2006, Bush & Co. has refused to recognize the Hamas government, saying it wanted Hamas to admit that Israel has a right to exist. So after spouting all the nice words on how George Bush thought democracy and the right to vote in elections gave liberty to all, Bush post factum puts a condition on whether or not the winners are acceptable. So it is not a question of democratically held elections. Rather, it is whether George Bush approves of the winners.

This makes a shambles of what democracy means. It is clear to all that democracy counts for nothing, that elections don't matter, if the United States does not find the winners acceptable.