tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post2063268371602970703..comments2023-10-24T10:53:16.053-04:00Comments on From the field: End Game in the Gaza War?arnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07277990738351577529noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-63437487289597127012009-01-07T20:21:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:21:00.000-05:00I think the solution to Hamas ending its resistanc...I think the solution to Hamas ending its resistance movement is very very easy. Israel needs to stop occupying Palestine. How naive is it to think that there is an oppressive/brutal occupier and not have a legit resistance movement (or movements!) and how naive is it to continue playing the victim's card and think that others will still buy it! As for winning such wars...I guess Israel has not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-18030228952089225862009-01-07T02:18:00.000-05:002009-01-07T02:18:00.000-05:00Anon 6:35Every army in every country always plans ...Anon 6:35<BR/><BR/>Every army in every country always plans for the possibility of war or more limited operations. What do you want them to do, play pick-up-sticks? They have to be prepared for all eventualities. In out case, since Hamas shows no intention of stopping its "resistance" and has sown none for the past few years, if you were a military officer, don't you think that sometime soon, YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-62040349815485560592009-01-06T18:35:00.000-05:002009-01-06T18:35:00.000-05:00Not read the MFA report, but to go back to 'if all...Not read the MFA report, but to go back to 'if all this and much more is being done, then no matter what some idiot at Israel's Foreign Ministry wrote, this is not a ceasefire and surely not a time-period being used for peace. It is a ceasefire that is not working.'<BR/><BR/>An Israeli Knesset member was on AlJazeera the other night (05.01.2009) stating Israel has been planning this war for over Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-59821390998421504072009-01-06T14:22:00.000-05:002009-01-06T14:22:00.000-05:00Try this link:http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/mal...Try this link:<BR/>http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e017.pdfarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277990738351577529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-37629914370229967472009-01-06T10:49:00.000-05:002009-01-06T10:49:00.000-05:00Having trouble locating the MFA report... can anyo...Having trouble locating the MFA report... can anyone provide a direct link? I'd really like to read the report for myselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-22912364276108338972009-01-06T03:01:00.000-05:002009-01-06T03:01:00.000-05:00Truce was holding?If a truce is being violated by ...Truce was holding?<BR/><BR/>If a truce is being violated by tunnel-digging to bring in tons of weapons and armaments and ammunition, if it is being violated by workshops creating longer-range rockets, if the Hamas is trying plant bombs at the gates and fences, if the the population is being mobilized physically and mentally for a future war, if all this and much more is being done, then no matterYMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848627.post-43744110590977865102009-01-05T14:34:00.000-05:002009-01-05T14:34:00.000-05:00The departure of the Bush Administration, the inte...The departure of the Bush Administration, the intensifying radical Islamist challenge (e.g., in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia), and the recession all raise the possibility that caution may replace hubris in Washington. In light of all this, there may as well have been strong incentive on Israel's part to do what it does so well--play the victim--and try to back Obama into compliance as well. William deB. Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07103937881679464836noreply@blogger.com