From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 10:51:10 AM UTC-8, mINE109 wrote:   
   > 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.   
       
    As such it was a direct result of a US request.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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