From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 12/16/23 8:03 PM, ScottW wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   And the first we hear of it is a self-serving op-ed from a interested   
   source in a publication's right wing opinion page.   
      
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