"President George W Bush said: "The Hamas party has made it clear that they do not support the right of Israel to exist. And I have made it clear that so long as that's their policy we will not support a Palestinian government made up of Hamas."
Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, said America had started to review its aid to Palestinians, saying it would not fund groups committed to the destruction of Israel."
So, you've invaded at least two countries, and been engaged in military actions against several more to remove dictatorships and install democratic government.
So when the Palestinians go and democratically elect a government, you denounce it and cut aid...
And you wonder why everyone thinks the US Government is a prime example of stupidity.
How can you possibly expect other countries on the edges of democracy - countries like Iran, and other Arab states, and the "'stans", to accept it if they see other new Arabic democratic governments being treated like this.
It only "proves" to these people that the USA is committed to opressing Arabic peoples, and fuels the same extremists the USA is supposedly "at war" with.
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