2006-01-31
Bay of Pigs to come
Haaretz
www.haaretz.com/ hasen/spages/ 676671.html
... There is a need for a commission of inquiry that will determine the shared responsibility of Sharon, Olmert and Mofaz in the Hamas takeover.
They did this in two stages: submission to the American pressure to allow Hamas to participate in the elections, and the refusal to provide Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who scented the defeat, an excuse to cancel the elections, such as a prohibition on voting in Jerusalem. In the choice between two bad alternatives - defying the United States or getting Hamas into power - Olmert and company chose the one that was worse.
The presidential ambitions of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who needs the minorities' votes, are reflected in her embrace of Africa, Asia and the Arab countries; at Rice's command, henceforth the study of their languages and service there are essential for American diplomats seeking promotion. Sharon and Olmert succumbed to Rice without a fight and got a Palestinian Cuba. Fanatical Islam is behind Hamas, which has toppled the corrupt Fatah, just as Fidel Castro, who toppled the corrupt Fulgencio Battista, had help from the Soviets. The sequel, from the Bay of Pigs to the missile crisis, will not be long in coming
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