[gallaxyglue]

Unfortunately, there is another wrinkle to this ugly picture. The Palis have learned that Hamas, along with providing terror and fanaticism, also uses its considerable funding (from Iran) to provide charitable aid the Palis need. For example, when something needs to be fixed, (homes, roads repaired, widows taken care of, etc)Hamas has the funds to do it. The net effect is that this assistance clashes with any other assistance the Palis get because the money is given directly to the people, there is no middleman corruption, etc.

These are not good people, but they know how to endear themselves to the populace.

[jwparkerjr]

I have long thought that the half-trillion dollars we spend on a war effort might well be more effective if it was just given to the populace. Divy it up between public works projects and direct gifts to families with specific needs. I know that’s a very liberal approach, but if we aren’t going to fight a war to win it then we owe it to the troops and the families of the troops who would die in a half-hearted effort to spare them.

If there were a way to pin the failure of our plan directly on the MSM and the Lefties and make it stick for future generations I would say bring the troops home tomorrow and let the devil have Iraq and the whole area. Our brave troops don’t deserve to have to fight two or three wars at the same time. It’s bad enough having to face the insurgents and terrorists, but when the MSM and the Lefties start piling on it’s more than they deserve.

I will go to my grave with a great dislike of those who have made what should have been a walk in the park for the United States and its military power drag on for five years and cost more than 3,000 Americans their lives.

I don’t know if I had lost a son or daughter in that war if I could restrain myself from going to DC and extracting a pound of flesh from the likes of Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi, et al.

God forgive me for the hatred I feel in my heart for those who have tried so hard to destroy what America is.