Middle East Confusion

I admit I am not the first one to be confused by the actions of those in the middle of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but the Gaza situation is fully bazaar. The Israeli citizens have been removed from Gaza and Hamas celebrates their departure by exploding their own rockets killing large numbers of Palestinians. To save face Hamas blames Israel and begins shooting inaccurate rockets into Israel which hurt nobody. In response the Hamas leaders are being pounded with highly accurate missiles being fired in retaliation by the Israeli military. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority has chosen to simply call for everyone to play nice rather than exert any form of control over Hamas and other militants. It is hard to see how this is going to end well for those left in Gaza. I have long thought that the only solution to the mess in the Middle East is a decisive military victory and I still feel that way. We may be getting closer to that day.