We can try to find some way work with a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, or go out of our way to try to undermine it, in which case the Iranians and other regional supporters of radical Islam are prepared to step in with assistance.  Pretty complicated, no? 

It'd be nice to have a foreign policy built on something other than wishful thinking and an utterly reactive lack of foresight.

Update (2/24/06): Looks like Egypt and Saudi Arabia are aslo supporting Hamas and the PA regardless of what we decide to do.    Did it really only take a few years for the world's only superpower to lose so much influence and clout?  And is it just me or does that CNN headline suggest that the UAE is going to tell Sec. Rice the same damn thing?