[Mr. Mojo]

"We have no choice but to support him [Abbas]. But before we give him the moon, we should insist upon reasonable benchmarks of both moderation and good governance -- exactly what we failed to do in the Oslo process," wrote columnist Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post.

Insisting upong resonable benchmarks for those barbarians rarely if ever translates into us forcing them to abide by those conditions -- U.S. taxpayer dollars just keep flowing into their Swiss bank accounts and increasing weapons caches.

[ClaireSolt]

Bush might repeat his sucessful Katrina airlift on Gaza. Let helicopters deliver refugees to the capitals of the ME and Hamas can rule the empty streets.