The Commons foreign affairs committee (CFAC) said the decision not to enter talks with Hamas "has been counterproductive" and that "active support for the establishment of a national unity government in Palestine should be a key UK objective."
This of course appears to forget that the Palestinian President is fiercely opposed to these Islamic extremists, and has seen his followers purged in fierce West Bank fighting. Once Fatah has been destroyed, it is not diifficult to see where Hamas will once again turn their attentions to.
The question I want to ask though is what the hell the CFAC thinks it is doing recommending ties with a terrorist organisation, and what message it is sending the world? With Brown looking for an early exit from Iraq, and failing spectacularly to halt further British losses in Afghanistan, it looks like the CFAC is attempting to develop a policy of pacifism when faced with Islamic fascism around the world. And, how long will it be before Pelosi persuades the US Congress to follow suit?
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Mark
History agrees with you. If we had fully backed the White Russians after WWI, much could have been avoided. You don't talk to terrorists, you kill them.
Ben,
As one who believes that you never talk to terrorists, under any condition, I agree.
And, the Allied abandonment of the White Russians was one of those 'if onlys'. In our case, political necessity after four years of war meant that the government could no longer rely on the support of the British troops and their families.
Our particular shame was the abandonment of the Romanovs, when the Bolsheviks would have accepted their exile in Britain. Still, I digress ...
Best wishes,
Mark
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