Salaam,
Have you seen the Godfather film about the Sicilian Mafia in USA and Italy? In that film everyone must obey the godfather. This applies to every one who lives and works in the godfather area starting with the cold-store owner up-to the big business men and politicians. The godfather says if the small cold-store owner don’t obey me and I don’t do anything about it, then in the following day a bigger cold-store owner will not obey me as well and so on until I lose my grip on everyone in my area.
The godfather in our area is Uncle Sam. He is after every small cold-store in his area which is in our case the Arab world! He says if Hamas Does not obey me and I don’t do anything about it, then in the following day a bigger entity may not obey me as well. Uncle Sam would argue that if this happens then he will eventually lose his grip on the area. The bottom line: the US will try very hard not to let Hamas get away with it.
Oh I almost forgot. Iran, they are on the “Bad Guys” list. The Iranian regime knows they are a targeted. So they would try to delay the American project against their ambitions in the area as much as possible and would push forward every small cold-store owner in the area to face his fate in front of Uncle Sam. They are doing it with Iraq, Lebanon and now with Hamas.
The reality of our area reasoning: If you want a good job then apply for a “Godfather” position!
