What's a 'precondition'?

The Washington Post gives its op-ed pages over to terrorist leader Mahmoud al-Zahar of Hamas this morning (Hat Tip: Hot Air). While there is much that can be said about this article, I'd like to point out two internal contradictions. Let's look at two passages. Here's the first one: The U.S.-Israeli alliance has sought to negate the results of the January 2006 elections, when the Palestinian