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Originally Posted by spence
Recent analysis suggests the Gaza operation is simply a test before the Iran air strike on nuke facilities.
So Iran has been sneaking long-rang rockets into Gaza to use Hamas in retaliatory strikes if Israel attacks...so you preempt by removing Hamas leadership and said rockets. Then attack Iran in self defense.
Additionally you test new Egyptian leadership, so far Egypt is acting pretty rational, they just can't (or don't want to) control the Sinai.
The US has invested 200M in Iron Dome and I believe Congress is prepared to spend another 600M on the project over the next several years.
Big question, does Egypt want to continue to receive US aid?
-spence
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So if I understand you correctly, you believe Israel is launching a pre-emptive strike against Hamas.
How is it a pre-emptive strike if Hamas has been lobbing rockets into Israel for the last 10 days? Seems to me that you could make a compelling case that this is not a pre-emptive strike, but rather a totally justified act of self-defense. I guess MSNBC isn't spinning it that way, so you aren't aware of that possibility.
Spence, what are the Israelis supposed to do, when Hamas specifically targets civilian areas to lob a few rockets into? Moreover, the Hamas leadership (the guys who order the rocket attacks) go out of their way to hide among their own civilians, using them as shields.
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