Much as a handful of Indian raiders could tie up a much
greater number of US cavalry trying to protect a very large area, it may require a
great many regular troops to deal with relatively few Muslim terrorists
dispersed over a large area and protected by a large civilian population.
Much as happened in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last
decade.
But any stick is good enough to beat a dog with, as Kant
bitterly remarked of the efforts of his critics to bury him with an avalanche
of fallacy.
And the left really does hate Israel.
It is helpful to recall that when Hamas attacks Israel it is
actually trying to kill civilians.
And that Hamas locates its rocket launching sites in densely
populated civilian areas, itself a war crime, quite deliberately.
The result is high rates of “collateral damage” in any
effort to attack Hamas fighters.
Dead human shields make excellent propaganda.
Read the comments.
Those by someone who calls himself “nonpartisanliberal” are
worth special attention.
And "gannonguckert" is clearly hoping the new Muslim Brotherhood governments brought in by the "Arab Spring" will do something on the side of Hamas, their own subsidiary, and the Palestinians.
By the way, Romney was probably right when he said the two-state solution is dead.
The Israelis will not accept it for security reasons and their settlement policy has gone far to make it impossible, exactly as intended.
On the other hand, the Muslims overwhelmingly don't want peace with Israel, anyway.
They want Israel gone.
That is why the fighting has continued since Israel was founded more than fifty years ago.
There are two ways this could end.
1. The Muslims accept the existence of Israel.
2. The Muslims expunge Israel.
Neither is likely, nor is their disjunct.
But 2 is more likely than 1.
And it wouldn't be pretty.
The Israelis know this, of course, and much prefer that the fighting go on rather than end in outcome 2.
Getting out and leaving everything behind does not yet seem a better move to very many.
Not yet.
And "gannonguckert" is clearly hoping the new Muslim Brotherhood governments brought in by the "Arab Spring" will do something on the side of Hamas, their own subsidiary, and the Palestinians.
By the way, Romney was probably right when he said the two-state solution is dead.
The Israelis will not accept it for security reasons and their settlement policy has gone far to make it impossible, exactly as intended.
On the other hand, the Muslims overwhelmingly don't want peace with Israel, anyway.
They want Israel gone.
That is why the fighting has continued since Israel was founded more than fifty years ago.
There are two ways this could end.
1. The Muslims accept the existence of Israel.
2. The Muslims expunge Israel.
Neither is likely, nor is their disjunct.
But 2 is more likely than 1.
And it wouldn't be pretty.
The Israelis know this, of course, and much prefer that the fighting go on rather than end in outcome 2.
Getting out and leaving everything behind does not yet seem a better move to very many.
Not yet.
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