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Hamas' victory is a disaster. In spite of all the hopeful chatter we keep hearing from all sides, it shows that the majority of Palestinians want peace like they want a third nostril. Added to Iran's greed for the atom bomb, it throws a very, very dark shadow across the near future.

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[kikei.livejournal.com]

haha, you should hear my mum (who hates politics with a passion and refuses to even bother with sch matters) speak about the Iranian leader. She thinks he's barking and will ultimately end up destroying Iran. the probem with hardliners like him is that they often have one-track minds - they do not realise that the peoples of the countries they abhor also include some of their own. Someone like my friend Mehda (who has just completed her communications degree - and majored in journalism and film & video) would love to return to Iran (she was born there but grew up in Norway) but she can't simply because she's terrified of what it's turning into. If Iran continues on the path it's on, then the only thing that we can be sure of destruction and loss from every side. And she's just one person, but it's pretty much what a lot of people think. Not like anything could be done right now, though, even if the majority of Iranians did not agree with Ahmedinajad's views - he has demonstrated that he only seems to see what he wants to see. His remarks, while understandable to a certain extent, are not justified in my view.

-Kiks