Failed policy...

Scads of news stories recently indicate that Hamas appears to be a favorite to win a majority of seats in the Palestinian Parliament. Here is one from the Washington Times (for those who reject everything printed in the MSM).

This presents the administration with an interesting dilemna, given the two following premises.

1. Our mission in Iraq and the larger middle east is to build "democracies"
2. Giving legitimacy to terrorists emboldens them and invites more terrorism
   

Should Hamas win, do we recognize them as the freely elected party, thereby giving them legitimacy?

Or do we ignore them, thereby demonstrating that we support Middle East "democracy" so long as the leaders who get elected are pro-America?

Perhaps President Bush will just change our mission in Iraq once again. Remember, it was once about WMD and the threat to the United States that Saddam Hussein posed through his connection to terrorists.