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2007-04-25 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

IDF to request green light to strike Hamas leadership

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said the rocket attacks were a "one-time violation of the truce."

And we'll never do it again until the next time.

OK, how about this: We'll let it slide this time, but if by some chance even one more rocket lands on Israeli soil you hand over this specific list of men or these specific members of government within 24 hours - no questions asked and no excuses whatsoever - or we have your agreement to take matters into our own hands.

Posted by gorb 2007-04-25 02:42|| 2007-04-25 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 go.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-04-25 04:10|| 2007-04-25 04:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Swatting mosquitoes.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-04-25 04:48|| 2007-04-25 04:48|| Front Page Top

#4 IDF to request green light to play whack-a-mole with the tunnel boyz.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-04-25 08:24|| 2007-04-25 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't kill the leadership. Kill the people below them. If they start dying, thier the only ones who can put pressure on the leadership to change. The leadership is just replaced by people with new ideas who have learned from thier predessesors mistakes.

Posted by plainslow 2007-04-25 09:15|| 2007-04-25 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Orc scum make war from behind the skirts of Orc women and children. I am long stopped caring if some Orc Chieftain wears a paper hat for a crown; drive the lot of them back into Egypt and "Jordan" from whence they came. Push them back out of rocket range every time they let off another Orcish firecracker. Keep pushing all the way back their devil cube and smash it to pieces.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-04-25 09:25|| 2007-04-25 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Does that include the Hamas leadership in Damascus?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-04-25 10:32|| 2007-04-25 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Can we whack a few of their supporters here in the US? Oh, wait, those are congresscritters, State Department higher-ups, and "political elite". I guess they're still off limits. {{sigh}}

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-04-25 12:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-25 12:31|| Front Page Top

#9 the rocket attacks were a "one-time violation of the truce."

Completely different from all the other one-time truce violations.

Don't kill the leadership. Kill the people below them. If they start dying, thier the only ones who can put pressure on the leadership to change. The leadership is just replaced by people with new ideas who have learned from thier predessesors mistakes.

Totally wrong approach, plainslow. We are not talking about low context American culture where corporate magnates can wield equal or greater influence than an elected president. In high context societies like Arab cultures, top tier leadership represents the most well-connected, charismatic, persuasive and influential operatives. Taking them out eliminates vital and sometimes irreplacable links who alone have sufficient prestige to manage cross-clan negotiations and other such delicate proceedings.

By capping these Grand Poobahs you eliminate important elements of social cohesion and make internal strife much more likely. Collective terrorist cultures like that of the Palestinians must be destabilized at every turn. The recent levels of infighting show just how valuable this strategy is.

It is this simple fact that makes me continue to question the wisdom of trying to halt Sunni - Shiite violence in Iraq. As Napolean said, "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake". So must I wonder if stopping these murderous bastards from killing each other is the wisest choice.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-25 16:56|| 2007-04-25 16:56|| Front Page Top

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