Serious Question that I don't know the answer to:
Generally, do the Palestinian people dislike Hamas and desire more moderate representation, but have no means by which to change anything...or do they support Hamas as their representation?
couple of thoughts. Similarly to the Muslim brotherhood in egypt, Hamas became the only body to offer services to the general population. With Israel's seige on Gaza over the last few years they became more entrenched with more political and social authority to shift the population to a more extreme position. Because Israel refuses to have meaningful conversations with moderates in orgs like Fatah moderates, the only option becomes more radicalized. The population does have some ability to create moderate leadership, but they have no services to garner patronage and no one to interface with to work on solutions.
Much like the Carr Bros. thread, per the libtards, the real victim here is the psychopathic criminal.
Maybe I should have tagged this [serious]? The problem and this post isn't blaming the vic, criminal, or whoever else. I'm merely calling the situation as I see it. The reality is that there are groups which have complex goals, strategies, and missions in place in the Mid East. If you don't know any better, and Hamas is the only group which will feed, employ, educate, and shelter you, who will you believe when politics come into play? That is a known reality, one which Hamas exploits well, and Israel gives no fucks about interacting with to come to a workable peace.
