Hamas Victory in Palestinian Elections Should Cause U.S. to Reconsider Diplomatic Relations with Palestine

"The United States does not negotiate with terrorists."

That mantra has been the bedrock of U.S. conduct toward hostage takers, terrorists, and other scum who use terrorism to get the U.S. government to do their will for decades.

The huge question now is: what will the U.S. do now that the terrorist group Hamas is a legitimately elected force in the Palestinian territories?

If they capture control of the Palestinian government, we ought to be looking at breaking off relations with the Palestinians.

Hamas is still dedicated to destroying Israel; there can be no peace as long as Hamas is dedicated to this goal. If they change their tune and work WITH Israel to establish a viable Palestinian state that will be at peace with Israel, then the U.S. should do all it can to support peace in the Middle East.

But Hamas is at war with Israel; until that is resolved, peace will not be coming to the Middle East anytime soon. It leads one to wonder how many Palestinians and Israelis will end up dying because the Palestinians chose Hamas's message of hatred instead of electing those who are continuing to work for peace.

It's a sad state of affairs in the Middle East.