Well…yeah, I know…haven’t been doing much in politics with being so busy on the trip but I am going to get back into it today…but first I’m going to just touch on some things and fill it in later…I can understand the frustration of the Palestinian people with how they have been treated by Israel over the years but murdering innocent civilians is not the way to be heard…and I know it’s just a small faction of them who are the murdering terrorists but they do have the support of the majority of the people who live in Gaza and the West Bank so it’s confusing who to have sympathy for…I do feel for them but don’t they share responsibility because they allow these thugs to speak for them by murder? But, I don’t think that Israel committing war crimes is the correct response…it hasn’t worked in the past so why would it work now? After this spasm of violence is over, why not try something different like treating the Palestinians like human beings? Or finding the faction who doesn’t want violence and help them become successful? Of course that would mean a state for the Palestinians and with Netenyahu in power, that is not going to happen….something needs to change…geez…

Well…back to the political stuff with the Hamas attack on Israel this morning where they fired almost 4,000 rockets and took over some border posts along with some small villages…and, as expected, this was met with the Israeli air force raining hell down upon the Gaza strip…and look, the only thing this Hamas attack is going to do is give Israel the justification for leveling most of Gaza and the resulting civilian casualties…I know that Israel has not been a good partner in trying to solve the need for Palestinians to have a state of their own, but this attack is beyond stupid…paying for temporary gains to make a point? Thousands are going to die by the end of the day today just so Hamas can make a point? Damn, I just hate this crap…geez…