Hamas doesn't deal in fear as much as Isreal and the US government and their allies do. Hamas comes in and picks people up. Perhaps that is why they ae feared.
I thought the US went into Iraq first to get rid of non existent WMD, but then we were sold on the line that we were spreading democracy. We've bombed the shit out these people we stood by while their historic museums and places of interest were looted. I think we were supposed to have witnessed a grand democratic election, but I haven't seen the common man extended any services or support...why is that?
Don't Isreali secret forces enter neighboring countries and kidnap individuals and kill them? Bomb innocent citizens in a democratic country (Lebanon) and set it back ten years with the aid of US funded weapons and the total agreement of the US State Department? What exactly does Israel want for the area, except annihilation or enslavement of all arabs?