In keeping my theme consistent for the week...

I read an editorial recently in the Chicago Tribune titled, "Hamas' suicidal answer". One part caught my eye:

The Palestinian government is broke. Tens of thousands of people aren't getting paid, including police and security forces. Some police have seized government buildings in protest.

Hamas has been begging for money from any country that will listen. Before the bombing, Russia and Qatar announced pledges to Hamas. How can they fulfill them now? Funding the Palestinian government is no different than donating money directly to terrorists.

With its election victory, Hamas faced a choice. It could choose terror or it could choose to build a Palestinian state. It couldn't do both.

I remember thinking, "who are they kidding". Of course Hamas can continue terror. They'll get whatever money they want. I thought back through all of those threats made by the UN towards Saddam Hussein, towards Hezbollah and towards Yasser Arafat. Not a damn one was worth the time or effort. It wasn't until President Bush said "enough already." Then, when push came to shove, our dear friends - France, Germany and Russia - grabbed tail and ran. Of course we all know why now, but at the time, our own Democratic party went ballistic at the thought of facing down the hallowed United Nations. The Dems choice to run the country even seemed to suggest that the nations of the world should have the authority to determine what's best for the U.S.

Think about it. Some third-world crackpot would have the same power over our defense as our own elected officials. If the 51% of the world decided that the US is the root cause of all that's evil in the world, which when you consider the number of Arab despots is not so far-fetched, then we should all lay down our arms and praise Allah. Right?

Regardless of the unmatched hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy that permeates the majority of nations - and don't even get me started about how not everyone wants to be free, you know that's crap as well as I do - that make up the UN, and regardless of absurd notion that the UN is not mired in anti-Semitism, in no way, shape or form, would I ever expect fairness to play a role in dealing with Hamas.

My favorite cousin wrote me and told me that a woman who lived down the block from her was one of the victims of the latest slaughter of Jews at the hands of the Arabs. Her husband and one of her sons where sitting in the car while she and their 10 year old went to buy Shwarma at the kosher Shwarma/falafel place in Tel Aviv and they saw it all. The 10 year old is in the hospital but the mother was killed on the spot.

And what happened next? Did the UN rush to the scene? Did Kofi announce that a government that allows this to happen must be disbanded? Disarmed? Smacked on the wrist?

No, they did not. But Russia did. While the Chicago Tribune tells us that the world surely must realize the danger and the evil of these animals, Russia cuts tail and runs to the bank. Not to pay the families of the victims, but to forward $10 million dollars to the Palestinian government.

So why shouldn't Hamas continue to turn their backs on the senseless slaughter of someone's mother/wife/child? What is the consequence?

Hamas, as well as Fatah before them, have no intention to build a country. Whatever money sent to Arafat went straight towards bullets. Whatever money Russia sends Hamas will do the same. Russia and the rest of the nations that the Democrats believe should have final say on all matters of American defense, should just stop pretending and finally admit that they are all despotic anti-Semites and anti-freedom.

It would save us all a lot of time and paperwork.