美国几乎救世主般地认为选举是消除中东一切弊病的灵丹妙药。 但结果荒谬的是，哈马斯这个民主选举制的赢家得到了一定程度的、前所未有的合法性。
One of the paradoxical results of America’s almost messianic belief in elections as a panacea for all the ills of the Middle East is that Hamas – the winner of democratic elections – has gained a degree of legitimacy that it never had before.