Firstly please forgive my ignorance on this subject but
it seems to me that there is some striking similarity between
the IRM (Islamic Resistance Movement) and the IRA.
What would the world's reaction have been if England had
proceeded to carpet bomb Ireland in response to IRA attacks?
I find it a little ironic that the US is now pointing the finger at Iran
for supporting Hamas when it was US funding that allowed the IRA
to cause such destruction in England.
Funding that still continues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1563119.stm