California Conservative

That’s an interesting battle in any case but it’s actually an important battle in light of Bill Clinton saying that we should engage Hamas in dialogue and Morris’ saying that we should take a hardline approach towards Hamas. Let the battle begin:

Ex-president Bill Clinton is urging the U.S. to establish a dialogue with Hamas in the wake of its upset victory in last week’s Palestinian parliamentary elections, saying it would be wrong to cut off contact with the terror group just because they may have killed people “in a way that we hate.”

“You’ve got to find a way to at least open doors,” Clinton told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday. “And I don’t see how we can do it without more contact.”

In quotes picked up by the Associated Press, Clinton said Hamas might “acquire a greater sense of responsibility, and as they do we have to be willing to act on that.”

This is understandable considering the intifadah that his policies started by cramming one PLO demand down Israel’s throat after another. By taking a biased position mostly against Israel, they made it clear that Hamas operated without consequence.

It wasn’t until President Bush made Yassir Arafat a persona non grata at the White House that the tide turned and Israel got our from under the White House’s foot. It wasn’t until President told the world that Israel had the right to defend themselves did the intifadah lose its steam.

Frankly, Bill Clinton’s idea of progress is talking endlessly about a problem rather than taking a moral stand and achieving victory. It’s all about being long-winded, not about achievement. And that’s the difference between Clinton and Bush.

Now, let’s see Dick Morris’ solution to the Hamas problem:
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