Hint: They're Not Really Worried
As the Bush Administration hands Palestinian Authority Chairman Abbas the international recognition and legitimacy that comes from having a summit with the President of the United States, Hamas is really afraid that Abbas will return and try to stop them from killing people:
The anti-Israel group Hamas charged Thursday that President Bush is trying to set Palestinians against each other with his call to move against militant groups in a White House meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Bush praised Abbas for making progress toward an orderly Palestinian state, but he warned, "The way forward is confronting the threat armed gangs present to creation of a democratic Palestine."
Of course, Hamas isn't really worried that Abbas will move against them: (1) Bush very explicitly choose not to link demilitarization to Hamas's participation in Palestinian elections - mostly because the United States has come out in support of letting Hamas run no matter what. (2) Abbas has promised not even to try to take away their bombs and guns.
The anti-Israel group Hamas charged Thursday that President Bush is trying to set Palestinians against each other with his call to move against militant groups in a White House meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Bush praised Abbas for making progress toward an orderly Palestinian state, but he warned, "The way forward is confronting the threat armed gangs present to creation of a democratic Palestine."
Of course, Hamas isn't really worried that Abbas will move against them: (1) Bush very explicitly choose not to link demilitarization to Hamas's participation in Palestinian elections - mostly because the United States has come out in support of letting Hamas run no matter what. (2) Abbas has promised not even to try to take away their bombs and guns.
