Today I am going to discuss something non-technical. Stop reading now if you don't care to hear my politics (and just mine). But, I have to say something.

What is wrong with the middle east? I don't get it. I admit it: I just don't get it. I understand that there are many people who just want to do what's right. But there is an intolerable number who don't seem to have anything but selfish desires guiding their actions. This includes political leadership in Israel, Palestine, and the US.

Here's what needs to happen, IMO:

1. Bush needs to take a lesson from Roosevelt, Truman, and Marshall: our neighbors plight is ours. We have strength that is unimaginable. We need to start using it. In other words, deploy troops to Palestine. Take the U.N. with us. It's a tough decision. But do it. The what the leader of the free world does. He makes the tough decisions. The situation has shown clearly that the leaving those two countries to their own devices doesn't work.
   
2. Force Israeli troops to leave Palestine. This won't require force. But back up the request with it.
   
3. Arrest the members of Hamas and every other terrorist group in Palestine. Bring them to camp x-ray, or somewhere similar.
   
4. Recognize the Palestinian state. Truman recognized Israel. You should recognize Palestine.
   
5. Invest in Palestine. Build up a democratic state. Palestine has produced some of the most brilliant minds of the past 1000 years.
   
6. Stay.
   

I reserve the right to completely change my mind about this course of action. But, frankly, I don't anything else that will work. I'm tired of people dying.