School starts again soon ... yipee!!!

Ok, that sounds a bit churlish. I know. But it also means structure, and that is what all of our lives need, even those who are "free spirits" and hippie types. Structure in which to be ourselves. With three children, structure is more than optional, it is necessary.

So where am I going with this? Structure is what EVERYONE needs. Look at the people of Gaza ... while Hamas and Fatah are fighting, the whole place goes down the poop-chute and infrastructure disintegrates. Hamas then more or less wins through force of arms and through the ballot box and ... things start to resemble a functioning society again. Not one that I'd care to travel to or do business with, but functional all the same. I will avoid a rant on how Gazans are out of their minds and the necessity to stomp out Hamas because of their particular views.

Iraq. What is missing: structure. The trouble is, we do not have the POLITICAL will to impose it. You let terrorists hide in Mosques, defy troops -- essentially grant them more rights than our soldiers, then you will let them destroy any chance at the