Shame on US

It looks like the US is going to soften its stand and, in conjunction with the EU and Russia, cave in and allow money to be channeled to the terrorist run Palestinian government. Stupid stupid stupid. You'd think after 9/11 we'd learn that giving money to a state of blood thirsty self combusting savages who's stated goal is the elimination of the state of Israel is a bad idea.

Of course, knee-jerk reaction aside, the concern is that but for the foreign aid to the Hamas led government, civil war will break out in the West Bank and Gaza and that this would be bad for, well, everyone. Maybe so. But as long as the US and the rest of the world holds the hands of the Palestinians, they are never going to learn responsible government. Elections have consequences, we're fond of saying. The Palestinians elected a terrorist organization to run their government. I think, practically speaking, (admittedly not politically speaking) the best thing to do is let them reach a breaking point--a point where they realize their real problems aren't Israel and the US but their own leaders who use Islam, corruption, and popular ignorance to divert attention away from themeselves and on to easier, more convenient scapegoats. Why take responsibility when they can rewrite history, play the helpless victim card and demand that they be taken seriously while plotting to blow up malls and pizza parlors?

It's worked so far. And we're not any closer to making them realize it's not a prudent course of action.

Here's Big Lizard's take on things...