The US interest in 'Palestine'

Tom Smith has a question that Americans ought to be asking themselves (Hat Tip: Instapundit): And pardon me for asking, but what exactly is our interest in setting up a Palestine? We need another country we will have to fly predator drones over? Oh right. If we set up a Palestine, then the not-to-be-called-Islamo-fascists will not hate us so much, and peace and brotherhood will ensue in the