More of the Middle East

First, let me just say, this mess in the Middle East is an ongoing example of what happens when man gets in the middle of something bigger than he can understand. As I hear news report after news report about how bad the people in Gaza have it now, I just have to ask. Aren't these the same people that enjoyed their free elections to vote in Hamas? And didn't Hamas hear the warnings from Israel that the rockets needed to stop? Israel gave more than fair warning that the rockets would not be tolerated forever. Israel gave up Gaza, for a Palestinian homeland, why should they have to maintain it, as well as be lobbed with rockets? Why is anyone in the UN blaming Israel for responding defensively. If everyone thinks the Palestinians need to remain a dependant welfare, people with sovereign rights to elections and land, then let them support them. Gaza was a productive self-sufficient place at the point of the land give-away. Why have the Palestinians refused to take the mantle and keep it going? And when they elected Hamas, what did they really expect? The rockets were being fired on Israel from Gaza and Hamas said they would not honor a truce. Israel did not instigate a pre-emptive strike, nor has Israel advanced without fair warning. If Hamas wants the fighting to stop, stop lobbing rockets. If the rest of the world wants to provide for the Palestinians, there is an entire coastline of access, and certainly could be approached, say via Egypt! I absolutely cannot believe the US State Department is not supporting Israel any better than they are. I mean, what would happen in the US, if suddenly the nomadic early inhabitants got the rest of the world to demand pre-1889 boundaries? Oh, yeah, I believe we called that Wounded Knee!
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. a Psalm of Holy Scripture