Originally Posted by psili

Didn't the Hamas just campaign under reformation and not extremist terrorist issues? Maybe the Palestinians were so fed up with the former government they put faith (perhaps in the wrong place) that the Hamas party would actually be chill in their new governing role. Now, I'm sure a bunch of them are freaking out and saying "Oh shit, what did I do?". It's unfortunate so many people hold so tight to religious beliefs.

If the middle east didn't have OIL, it'd be a forgotten sandbox to the rest of the world and this would be a sidebar on page 27 of any newspaper.