re: #7 sliv_the_eli

We know who Hamas is and what they want. But, there is the billionaire from the West Bank who just built the shopping mall in the middle of the room. There is a rising middle class among the populace.

And that means that Hamas is backed into a corner. They can only recruit from poor, abusive families. Those kids are the ones who will launch rockets, build bombs, basically become the terrorist ground troops. The more prosperous Gaza becomes, the more the evaporation of the terrorist pool.

So, let’s recap the last few days. Iran gives Hamas the order to begin an attack in order to prop up Assad and Hezbollah. The attack is started. About the time Israel begins to retaliate, Hamas gets a call from the billionaire, they get calls from the growing number of people, high up in Hamas, who now have something to lose. The attacks stop like they usually stop. Hamas declares a cease fire, another handful of rockets are launched to make it seem like Israel didn’t scare them, and there is relative quiet. And Iran is so pissed that they cut off funding for Hamas. Meaning that Hamas has to call the billionaire and ask for a loan to pay the salaries.

Hamas is in a tenuous position, and the question is, what is the most effective way to get rid of Hamas? I think the recent events of the Arab world give us the answer. They will fall through the weight of their own recalcitrance. And before they fall they will kill thousands of their own citizens.