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| Candidly Speaking: Hudna? A prescription for disaster |
| 2008-03-12 |
| By ISI LEIBLER Today we are threatened with two extremely dangerous situations that must be dealt with speedily and resolutely. The first, already far too advanced, is that the government seems to regard rocket attacks against our civilians as being part of an ongoing - and somehow manageable - war of attrition. Our enemies, for their part, appear to welcome the "martyrdom" of 100 or more Palestinian civilians and gunmen a week to promote their propaganda objectives. In contrast, as the Mercaz Harav massacre exemplified, every Israeli casualty represents a cause for national grief. An ongoing war of attrition would therefore be disastrous. It would in time undermine our stamina and demoralize the nation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I have to ask : are you really certain of that? Since 1993? Since 2001. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-12 16:33 |
| #3 There is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There isn't even any Arab-Israeli conflict. There is an Islam vs. Humanity conflict. That's a little over the top in the way it's said, but IMHO you're quite right in last analysis. The Israeli government (both current and past) see the situation very clearly. Seeing this from an outsider pov, I have to ask : are you really certain of that? Since 1993? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-03-12 09:15 |
| #2 This guy sees the problem very clearly. It would be good if some Israeli government official in a position to act saw things the same way. The Israeli government (both current and past) see the situation very clearly. There is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There isn't even any Arab-Israeli conflict. There is an Islam vs. Humanity conflict. Until the World (or, at least, USA) grasps that simple fact (insteed of engaging in the, IMHO idiotic, Nation Building) there isn't anything significant Israel can do. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-12 08:14 |
| #1 This guy sees the problem very clearly. It would be good if some Israeli government official in a position to act saw things the same way. |
| Posted by: Skunky Elmereter3408 2008-03-12 05:03 |