Congress want's to get into the foreign affairs business, especially Palestinian relations. Bad idea. It's scary enough that they control domestic affairs.

And speaking of Palestine, if anyone thinks that Hamas is moderating, check this, from an AP story on the cartoon controversy:

Mahmoud Zahar, leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, told the Italian daily Il Giornale the cartoonists should be punished by death.

"We should have killed all those who offend the Prophet and instead here we are, protesting peacefully." he said.

Maybe it's just me, but 'kill the cartoonists' doesn't strike me as a moderate stance.