So as soon as you pick yourself up off the floor, read the rest and I am sure I will make you mad all over again.

The fight between Israel and Hamas is Israel’s fault, and I’ll tell you why. If you’re not interested in what I have to say or you believe I am full of malarkey or you just don’t want to think that deeply, move on to another article.

The aggravation between these two groups has been going on for years, but this is the longest the fighting has persisted since the last extended conflict, which lasted about 22 days.

Israel has the intelligence and the manpower to eradicate Hamas. Some of you complaining about Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians are a little confused. You see, when the Palestinians were given more land and “the strip,” the Israelis left behind schools, clinics, gardens, greenhouses and much for them to sustain themselves and have a better life. Palestinian militants were forbidden from receiving anything from the “Zionists,” so they destroyed most of the facilities Israel left behind.

Money sent over to the coalition government in order for them to build facilities to help their communities has been stolen by Hamas to buy weapons, bombs, and build tunnels. (Maybe there is some educational value to this? Maybe they are teaching the kids about architecture and construction? Who knows?)

Why isn’t there an outcry about this?

Imagine Hamas tying children all around one of its soldiers, then going through a Jewish village, randomly killing Jews and shouting, “You can’t shoot at me because you might hit one of these kids.” Jews are persecuted because, in an attempt to save the lives of villagers, they accidentally killed one of the children when they took out a Hamas terrorist.

That’s what’s happening now. They are firing rockets from inside school grounds, mosques and hospital facilities, and the expectation is that Israel shouldn’t shoot back because they might hit the kids. How about Hamas shouldn’t fire first from areas where kids and the infirm can be killed? How about Hamas stop shelling Israel?

As for the Palestinians, where are they in all of this? Why aren’t they protecting their people? Why is it they don’t control their crazies?

Their kids are being killed because of the actions of Hamas. We praise South Americans as heroes for sending their kids alone to the American border facing all kinds of peril. Yet we say nothing about the Palestinians who are allowing Hamas to cause the death of their kids without any resistance.

Why did I say its Israel’s fault? Because the Israelis have the military might and intelligence to wipe Hamas off the face of the planet, but they don’t. They should stop toying with them and complete the mission.

The United Nuts (or United Nations, as some of you call them) have already started a hate campaign against the Jews and give no blame to Hamas. The Arab world is appalled at the Jews. They have nothing to lose and all to gain, like maybe some peace.

The killing will only stop when Hamas values the life of its children more than it hates the Jews.

Joe Messina is host of The Real Side (TheRealSide.com), a nationally syndicated talk show that runs on AM-1220 KHTS radio and SCVTV [here]. He is also the current president of the Hart School Board. His commentary publishes Mondays.