Civil Wars: The Good and The Bad

Civil war in Iraq: bad.

Civil war in Palestine: good.

[T]he U.S. administration is also certain that the sanctions against Hamas will inevitably result in a violent confrontation between Hamas and Fatah, and in such a scenario, they would prefer to strengthen the "good guys" headed by Abbas.

Because democracy is good . . . except when it's not. Whose idea was it, again, to rush the Palestinians to parliamentary elections?