Victory and Defeat...

...can sometimes be difficult to tell apart. Case in point: Hamas wins the Palestinian elections. Some might think this a defeat, but I am one of those who thinks differently. Echoing others, I see a potential victory here. Hamas won the election because it promised to make Israel pay. Now it will have to live up to that promise, or lose the support of the Palestinian people. So now it must make a chioce: Anger the world by trying to carry out its threats against Israel, or anger the Palestinian people who voted for it(and not because of its mafia-esque social programs). I look forward to this, actually. Perhaps the best thing for the region would be Hamas finally being unveiled for what it truly is. If all goes well a full out Palestinian Civil War will break out, and whatever the sides are, I wish the best of luck to them.