What to do About Hamas?

Hamas won a majority in the Palestinian elections yesterday. Now the question is whether Israel has a right to defend herself from Hamas' stated goal of Israel's destruction. President Bush has also said that he will not deal with terrorist groups, including Hamas.

On another note, former President Carter said that the elections were fair and went without a hitch. (He said the same thing about Venezuela, and if permitted, would have said the same about Saddam's Iraq...)