MrVicchio said:
Seriously though, it is amazing how many people whine about "uneven response" in this situation. What should Israel do?
Those are the "useful idiots" that whine about a disproportionate response. We see it every time Israel
responds to Arab-Palestinian rocket attacks. Apparently, Israel is to be condemned beause she can inflict greater lossess on the terrorists.
Here's some recommendations to even things out:
1) Request that 50% of Israel's air-to-ground missiles be duds to ensure greater proportionality.
2) Allow Hamas another 1,000 free rocket launches to see if they can catch up with the body count.
3) Have Israeli soldiers congregate in border barracks so that Hamas's random rockets have a better chance of killing military personnel, to ensure it can claim at least a few military targets.
4) Redefine "holocaust" to refer to deaths of terrorists in numbers under 400 to give greater credence to Hamas's current claims.
5) In the interest of fairness, allow Hamas to establish both the date that war is supposed to begin and the date when it must end.
6) Send Israeli military advisers to Hamas to improve the accuracy of their missiles.
7) Take down the barriers to return to Hamas a fair chance of getting suicide bombers back inside Israel.
h/t VDH @ National Review Online
Laila said:
Any guesses when Egypt or Jordan will be forced to act under pressure?
Well, not under any pressure, but Egypt has demonstrated some intellectual honesty. Yesterday, Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmad Aboul Gheit, harshly criticized Hamas for not permitting the wounded to leave Gaza and using them as propaganda props.
It seems there are others in the Middle East also criticizing Hamas...
finally. Reuters was even reporting that Abbas was criticizing Hamas for violating the truce.