How could we possibly have been mistaken in thinking that the "palestinians" wanted to negotiate.

I got my daily NYT update and couldn't ignore their "comment of the day" item.

Dr. Abu Amr, "palestinian" Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's chief negotiator with Hamas.
"As usual, the American pressure was counterproductive," he said. "They got the man to say what they wanted him to say, but they didn't consider the
implications on the ground."

We should have seen that asking Hamas to compromise by STOPPING THE MURDER OF ISRAELIS was just asking too much. How silly of us.

I am going to stand by my plan to end the hostilities.
Make Israel a temporary "51st state". For a period of 1 year, to be renewable a maximum of 5 times, they get favored nation status in terms of military trade and assistance. Create a DMZ, as in Korea, and let the IDF keep watch. Let only those who pass muster rules set by Sharon and his cabinet to cross. All others are screwed. Let it be known that any attack on them will be an attack on us. If a bus gets blown up, we find who that person was and where they lived. Then, fuck a bulldozer, with 1 hour of warning we carpet cluster bomb the neighborhood. Any accomplices found will be delivered the same treatment.

By the end of the 5 year term, all violent "palestinians" will either be dead, homeless or peace will magically break out under the threat of overwhelming superior firepower. I know it may sound a little tough, but at least the cluster bombs aren't spraying pork fat.