From this week's issue of Newsweek, in an interview with Ahmed Nazif, PM of Egypt:
Newsweek: So, to be clear, are you saying that the Bush Administration, by pushing democracy so hard in the [Palestine], failed to see the risk that radical Islamists might be elected?
Nazif: I think that's true, yeah. When you talk about how to promote democracy, you need to do it within the constraints of the countries you're working with. Palestinians did not elect Hamas because they believe in its principles. They elected Hamas because they were not satisfied with the status quo.
1 comment:
interesting take.
and i concede to you, good sir, the road. aftr all what is weather but a bunch of wind? how can you predict wind?
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