vAlthough I am no fan of continuing Jewish settlements in Gaza, and understand (better than this administration) that the Israelis and Palestinians need to live together in respectful and nonviolent fashion, I am greatly disturbed by the reaction of Hamas to the forced withdrawal from Gaza by the Israeli army.
These ... yahoos ... proclaim that violence on their part have driven the Jews out of Gaza and that Hamas will continue to employ the same strategy to keep up the fight until all Jews are gone from the Middle East. This is SO old-timey Gamal Nasser and does not portend well for the future of the region.
When an Israeli settler goes berserk and kills three Palestinians, it is a tragedy according to everyone. When a Palestinian suicide bomber blows him/her self up and kills scores of innocent Israelis, it is yet another "chapter" in the unending circle of violence.
I see NO action from the Bush Administration to halt the powderkeg that is this direct conflict. It has SO lowered expectations in this region (Iraq, Iran, Saudis included) as to become nothing more than spectators and a yet-to-be determined interest level.I agree with trading land for peace, but I don't see, and haven't heard, a single Palestinian official condemn what Hamas has said. It is for damn sure they won't do anything to stop them physically or militarily.
And, sadly, neither will be former Big Dog on the street because,as demonstrated in Iraq, the Big Dog doesn't have the same bark or bite as was once believed. And that's the dog's fault.
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