Sunday, December 28, 2008

The Tail Wagging the Dog - Hamas is not coming back to Gaza.


Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian authority, said Hamas could have avoided the Israeli attacks on Gaza in a press conference in Cairo, after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. (click here)


Hamas is a political party and not an autonomous ethnicity endangered by genocide. The Middle East continues to allow 'violence based' political entities, including Hezbollah to exist as if they were an ethnicty. They are not.

When Sharon transitioned Gaza to the Palestinians it was with the hopes of peace. That hasn't happened because the Palestinians have been unable to come to terms with its most violent 'entity,' Hamas.

Some of the violence might be understandable IF Hamas were oppressed or prevented from forming a political party and being elected to office. That was never the case. Hamas has been a successful political party, but, they shun that success for violence against Israel, when returning Palestinians to Gaza was for peace.


Gaza is Gaza. The West Bank, Shebba Farms, Jerusalem or any other aspect of the Palestinian/Hezbollah/Israel Peace each have their own issues and one cannot be held hostage for a 'leveraged' outcome of another. No 'political entity' in The Middle East should be more powerful than a country's sovereignty. Hamas is no longer a political party worthy of recognition as it uses violence to achieve its purpose.

Israel is moving back into Gaza. I doubt if Israel will return it soon either.

23 Days until Inauguration - The President-Elect has always had his finger on the pulse of a failing economy. JOB CREATION.



Obama proposes $210 billion for new jobs (click title of entry - thank you)
Ten year plan focuses on construction, environmental employment

updated 2:35 p.m. ET, Wed., Feb. 13, 2008
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that as president he would spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmental industries, as he tried to win over economically struggling voters.
Obama's investment would be over 10 years as part of two programs. The larger is $150 billion to create 5 million so-called "green collar" jobs to develop more environmentally friendly energy sources.
Sixty billion would go to a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to rebuild highways, bridges, airports and other public projects. Obama estimated that could generate nearly 2 million jobs, many of them in the construction industry that's been hit by the housing crisis....