Now that ground troops have moved into Gaza, I really can't see anything good coming out of this. I just have an overwhelming bad feeling about this, as if it can be the spark that ignites a bigger fire.
U.S. President Bush laid the blame for recent fighting in Gaza squarely at the feet of Hamas, accusing militants of waging a campaign of violence against Israel with little regard for its people.
President Bush, pictured in December, says Hamas "has no intention of serving the Palestinian people."
"Since Hamas' violent takeover in the summer of 2007, living conditions have worsened for Palestinians in Gaza," Bush says in prepared remarks released Friday by the White House. "By spending its resources on rocket launchers instead of roads and schools, Hamas has demonstrated that it has no intention of serving the Palestinian people."
In a radio address to air Saturday, Bush says Hamas committed an act of terrorism when it renewed rocket attacks into Israel last month, provoking this week's airstrikes by Israel.
"In response to these attacks on their people, the leaders of Israel have launched military operations on Hamas positions in Gaza," Bush says. "As a part of their strategy, Hamas terrorists often hide within the civilian population, which puts innocent Palestinians at risk."
I like how Bush claims that Hamas tookover, even though they democractically won the fairest elections ever held in the Middle East! I see how he just glazes over the facts that he doesn't care to look at, as if they just never happened.
Maybe, just maybe, if the US had actually recognized that Hamas was the legit government and not labelled them as a terrorist group, then they would have been able to spend money on building more schools, instead of having to worry about buying rockets. Because we all know that if the US calls you a terrorist, then they have the right to roll into your country, kill your leader, dismantle your government, and prop up a government 'approved' by them.
Funny, when you look at it, Israel is actually doing what the US just did to Iraq!