>recognising that Hamas does have a mandate with its own people is common sense IMO.
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>I suppose, then, that you believe that ISIS has a mandate with its own people. Should we legitimize ISIS?

In the end someone is going to have to resolve the Sunni Shia conflict and that is going to involve talking to whoever represents them. You may not have noticed but bombing the crap out of these areas isn't working very well as a long term policy.