From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/16/23 12:24 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   > On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 5:13:50 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 12/15/23 7:05 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>> On Friday, December 15, 2023 at 5:02:15 PM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>> On 12/15/23 11:10 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>> On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 11:13:59 AM UTC-8, mINE109   
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 12/14/23 11:10 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 5:58:39 AM UTC-8,   
   >>>>>>> mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On 12/13/23 5:06 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> and in case you wondered why they were there living a   
   >>>>>>>>> luxurious lifestyle....   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> The U.S. played a direct role in helping set up the   
   >>>>>>>>> Hamas office in Qatar during the Obama   
   >>>>>>>>> administration, seeking appeasement and soft   
   >>>>>>>>> diplomacy but ultimately failing to control the   
   >>>>>>>>> terrorist group as it festered in Gaza. [....]   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Qatar's Ambassador to Washington Meshal bin Hamad Al   
   >>>>>>>>> Thani wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that his   
   >>>>>>>>> government set up the Hamas political office in Doha   
   >>>>>>>>> "after a request from Washington to establish   
   >>>>>>>>> indirect lines of communication" in 2012.   
   >>>>>>>> No, trying to blame Obama when Netanyahu is still in   
   >>>>>>>> power is useless.   
      
   >>>  Now explain the "good reason" for   
   >>> convincing Qatar to give luxury suites to Hamas execs. Good Luck   
   >>> with that.   
   >> Access to negotiation, just as the ambassador says. See also: Oslo;   
   >> Camp David   
   >   
   > Who got to live at Camp David for 10 years while not negotiating   
      
   The political office moved to Qatar after the "Arab Spring" when the   
   fear was Hamas would go to Iran instead.   
      
   It wasn't a US decision as such.   
      
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