The EU Caves to Hamas

Via Captain's Quarters, the EU just sent $$$ to Hamas with no good behaviour in return, and the BBC, well, read on, according to the good captain:

Hamas was less than impressed. Their spokesman acknowledged that the PA faced economic disaster due to the Hamas policies, but that "we will not go begging to the United States and Europe because we will not be blackmailed over our political positions." In other words, Hamas expects the world to give them money while Hamas gives nothing in return. Apparently they've analyzed the EU very accurately in this regard.

The BBC manages to make itself look silly in this dispatch as well. After noting that Hamas has carried out "dozens" of suicide-bomb terrorist attacks against Israel, the Beeb says that the US and the EU have "branded" Hamas as terrorists. Well, no kidding. I'm not sure why the BBC can't just say that Hamas is a terrorist organization, especially since they take credit for terrorist attacks, but I suppose they wouldn't be the BBC if they did. (They might be an actual news organization, but that wouldn't be the BBC.)

And I suppose it is too much to hope for that maybe if the Palestinian people get upset with their government's incompetence they might elect a non-terrorist organization next time.
And who did the EU choose to make sure the funds wouldn't go to buy bombs not bread? You guessed it, the UN, manager of the Oil for Arms, uh Food program in Iraq.