U.S. and Israelis Are Said to Talk of Hamas Ouster

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<p>I guess we like democracy as long as we like who gets elected</p>

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<p>JERUSALEM, Feb. 13 — The United States and Israel are discussing ways to destabilize the Palestinian government so that newly elected Hamas officials will fail and elections will be called again, according to Israeli officials and Western diplomats.</p>

<p>The intention is to starve the Palestinian Authority of money and international connections to the point where, some months from now, its president, Mahmoud Abbas, is compelled to call a new election. The hope is that Palestinians will be so unhappy with life under Hamas that they will return to office a reformed and chastened Fatah movement.</p>

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<p>sometimes taking away the unruly child’s allowance is the only recourse. Getting sent to his room didn’t seem to discourage him from hanging out on the streets with bad company. or do you believe that rewarding bad behavior(not playing well with others i.e. declaring they should be killed) is a fruitful policy?</p>

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<p>Hey, sounds like a copy of the US foreign policy in Iran over the last quarter century. How’s that been working out for us?</p>

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<p>Guardians of democracy. If the Iranians and Syrians got together to discuss destabilizing the U.S. government because it was a threat to peace in the Middle East, what would you call it? (how about “international terrorism”?)</p>

<p>“sometimes taking away the unruly child’s allowance is the only recourse.”</p>

<p>I agree. But I haven’t figured out a way to effectively withhold my taxes.</p>