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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Army aims 'to topple Hamas regime'
2008-03-04
Yeah, yeah. You were gonna topple Hezbollah, too.
Posted by:Fred

#2  It's not a matter of what Hamas does. It's a matter of what Olmert does. His pattern is to make fearsome threats, to take decisive action, then to lose his nerve and back out before the going even gets tough.
Posted by: Fred   2008-03-04 14:06  

#1  to be fair, in this case theres no equivalent of South beirut to run to. Its much more concievable for them to get the entire leadership (other than the guys in Damascus, which isnt the same) And the politics is different - its conceivable a Pal in Gaza fed up with this shit could turn from Hamas to Fatah - its not really conceivable a south Leb shiite is gonna turn into a fan of the sunni, druze, and Maronite pols.

Though I share your skepticism, on general principle. The Israeli govt isnt talking as much about destroying Hamas now as they were about Hezb in 2006. Im hearing alot more "weaken"
Posted by: liberalhawk   2008-03-04 13:10  

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