Playing Cleanup.

WaPo writer Jackson Diehl shrugs his shoulders and assumes nothing has changed after the latest in Gaza. He assumes Americans will once again be involved "making peace".

I think Americans are tiring of this process, and don't see a military victory coming in a densely populated civilian area. We are not so convinced of the Israeli victimhood, and tire of reading of the deaths. This is your solution? Long term?

The depressing reality is that this Gaza conflict is headed toward a familiar ending: many people killed but little changed. Israel most likely will avoid toppling Hamas from power in Gaza, since it does not want to go back to ruling the territory itself.
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Netanyahu used the occasion of the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers last month to arrest scores of Hamas operatives in the West Bank, a measure that sabotages the unity process.
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Israel is arguably under greater international pressure than it was in 2008. The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement has grown more visible since then. However, it’s still a marginal phenomenon, particularly in the United States.
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A smart U.S. strategy would aim at brokering a deal between Israel, Abbas and Hamas whereby prisoners are released and the blockade on Gaza eased in exchange for Hamas’s commitment to a long-term cease-fire and free and fair elections for a unified Palestinian government. The result could be ...

A wise man builds his house upon a Rock. Plans for his future, and understands he cannot have it all. Land or security. Enemies or neighbors. If you have two coats and your neighbor is shivering, take one off and give it to him. If your neighbor is hungry and you have plenty, share your bounty. This we know.

I don't think Americans understand the futility of paying to rebuild and help a people, then bombing them to smithereens every 4 or 5 years or so. We tire of your status quo survival -- it's like living from paycheck to paycheck, thinking you are living rich while it's all precariously perched on a weakening foundation.

Until Israel begins divesting of some of her takings, and working to help her neighbors prosper and not decline, I suspect in time more Americans will quietly discontinue support until the region is settled in peace.