Blair's Hamas

Tony Blair's somewhat unique take on reality is again in evidence-

Palestinian group Hamas is sending some "not unhelpful" signals about the Middle East peace process but should be clearer on where it stands, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in an interview broadcast on Friday.

Hamas is actually very clear on where it stands- the complete annihilation of Israel. And I wonder what he means by "not unhelpful"? Either British diplomats are in secret talks with Hamas (not out of the question- at the height of the Troubles the British government was holding secret talks with the IRA who were at the time engaged in a campaign of murder against the citizens of the UK and the British Army) and they're telling them what they want to hear or Blair really does have a very skewed version of what is and isn't helpful. Let's take a quick sample of the results of a Google news search for "Hamas":

Hamas and Fatah truce collapses in bloodshed

Hamas militants blew up security officer's home in Gaza

Hamas is taking control of Palestinian schools

Hamas "drops charges" against Fatah man, throwing him off Gaza skyscraper

No one is safe in brutal Hamas-Fatah power struggle

Fatah man killed by Hamas militants in southern Gaza, officials say

Hamas has long-range rockets

Hamas, Fatah fighters clash near key Gaza crossing

Hamas switches to mortars, mounts four attacks in four days, as Olmert-Abbas Thursday meeting is called off

Hamas wounds 4 Israelis in attack near Gaza Strip

So, let me see, Tony- which of these are the "not unhelpful" signs from Hamas about the peace process?