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2008-12-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Steve White 2008-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "Approximately 15,000 armed Palestinians. That's the size of the military force the Israel Defense Forces will face if a major operation in the Gaza Strip goes forward. "

There are 1.4 million people in Gaza and they can only muster 15K with 1K of that specially trained?

I would have thought there would have been more.

Posted by Penguin 2008-12-26 00:43|| 2008-12-26 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 For Hamas, specially trained troops are the ones that know a mortar is not a shoulder fired weapon.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-12-26 02:11|| 2008-12-26 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 for Hamas, its most important force multipliers are:

the Guardian
BBC
CNN
AP

Posted by mhw 2008-12-26 06:38|| 2008-12-26 06:38|| Front Page Top

Posted by Angerese Wittlesbach4162 2008-12-26 06:45|| 2008-12-26 06:45|| Front Page Top

#5 mhw is exactly right. The Israelis cannot succeed unless they have a plan to deal with the press. Ideally, they should ban every traitorous news organization from Israel and Gaza and shoot a couple Reuters stringers to underline the point. No visuals = no news. The left can bitch but without the Gazan equivalent of Green Helmet Guy there is no story and nobody will care.

Unfortunately, I see no evidence Israel has figured this out.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-12-26 08:22|| 2008-12-26 08:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Just a question...who is the fool/troll/idiot who keeps posting that tiresome picture of the highway cop?(see #4) If it is a rregular Rantburger, could someone explain to the significance. I think I'm missing something.

Posted by WolfDog 2008-12-26 13:17|| 2008-12-26 13:17|| Front Page Top

#7 That would be one of Master Fred's little jokes, WoldfDog.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-12-26 13:31|| 2008-12-26 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 That picture is something they replace troll droppings with.

Posted by Mike N. 2008-12-26 13:33|| 2008-12-26 13:33|| Front Page Top

#9 "who is the fool/troll/idiot who keeps posting that tiresome picture of the highway cop?"

I wouldn't call the mods those names, WD. Apparently your mileage varies. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-26 13:47|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-26 13:47|| Front Page Top

#10 And by the way, I think that picture (w/accompanying comment) of Jay Chandrasekhar is a scream. Keep it up, Fred. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-12-26 13:51|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-12-26 13:51|| Front Page Top

#11 I think the image may be from the movie Super Troopers.

Posted by mhw 2008-12-26 13:51|| 2008-12-26 13:51|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Rupert Wheaper6324 2008-12-26 14:16|| 2008-12-26 14:16|| Front Page Top

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