With Hamas, the more things change, the more they stay the same

The New York Times sends Ethan Bronner to Damascus with a stringer to meet with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal for a five-hour(!) interview over the course of two days. And there we have the first only amazing part of this story: That it took five hours for Meshaal to lay out the same positions he's taken before. Yes, there's nothing new in this story (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).In the interview, Meshaal