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Originally Posted by afterhours
you have to protect your people....the cowardly basturds hide within the populace. the israelis let it be know beforehand to the point of calling people, read palestinians, on their cell phones and warned them...
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The IRA used to do the same thing, call in a warning before they'd blow up a pub.
This really isn't about protecting your people as much as it is about punishment. Israel isn't fighting a defined enemy, it's an insurgency of which they are partially responsible for helping to form (I'd note that you could say the exact same thing about our own "war on terror"). Any political solution will require giving something up so every so often they lash out.
Ultimately their actions will do more to build sympathy for the innocent killed and strengthen the position of Hamas who will claim to be defending them. You could say the same thing about Iraq (yea, you saw that coming).
So they level Gaza...to what end? Does anyone really think this will help keep Israel safer?
Or perhaps a better question...
What do you think is a reasonable end state for all of this? Two-state solution? Israel taking everything? Return to the 69 borders?
And remember, there are militants on both sides.
-spence