June 14, 2007

US Backs Palestinian Executive, Not Parliment

The symbolism is emblematic of the Bush Administation's revolutionary expansion of executive power in the US: Bush backs the Fatah Palestinian executive branch, President Abbas, in his struggle with Hamas, which was elected to lead the Parliment, the branch closest to the people.

Bush can say the word "democracy," but he means the "freedom" of economic power to have its way, which invariably means a minority of the "haves" exploiting opportunities at the expense the majority "have-nots". It flies in the face of the underlying democratic principle of "one person, one vote."

4 comments:

Simmons said...

Would the Palestinians vote for Hamas now?

Civil war has overtaken the West Bank and Gaza. The flow of emergency aid from the West has all but stopped. Life is miserable.

GDAEman said...

Hamas was fairly elected and has a sovereign right to its views on the legitimacy of the Israli state. Hamas had indicated movement in the direction of recognizing Israel. The US has led a campaign to undermine the ecomomy in Gaza to destabilize Hamas. Imagine if an foreign power acted to destabilize our economy because they didn't like our Congress. Would we accept that?

Rick said...

GDAEman says: Imagine if an foreign power acted to destabilize our economy because they didn't like our Congress. Would we accept that?

I say: Aren't our executive and legislative branches of government doing that to us now? U.S. government is like death by a thousand cuts. Ugh!

GDAEman said...

Good point Rick. That's why the military oath is to protect the Constitution from both external and internal threats.