Comments on: Gaza news roundup http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596/comment-page-1#comment-11398 Michael Lonie Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:22:02 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596#comment-11398 One terrorist killed an hour? That's kid glove treatment. Israel seems to be more careful than international law requires at trying to avoid civilian casualties in areas where the Pali fighters are intermixed with civvies (a habit of the Palis, and something they are not supposed to do under the Geneva Conventions). If that town is empty of civvies Israel should just level the place. But I suppose they cannot be certain that report is accurate (consider the source) and don't want to risk killing civvies if they can help it. One terrorist killed an hour? That’s kid glove treatment. Israel seems to be more careful than international law requires at trying to avoid civilian casualties in areas where the Pali fighters are intermixed with civvies (a habit of the Palis, and something they are not supposed to do under the Geneva Conventions). If that town is empty of civvies Israel should just level the place. But I suppose they cannot be certain that report is accurate (consider the source) and don’t want to risk killing civvies if they can help it.

]]> By: Joel http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596/comment-page-1#comment-11372 Joel Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:01:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596#comment-11372 The way for Israel to win (and I do not want to sound blood thirsty but I must tell the truth) is to wrack up huge numbers of dead Palestinian terrorists. These pin prick strikes although morally admirable will not do the trick. Israel needs to grind them down in a war of attrition in which its superior firepower, operational ingenuity, and mobility will prevail. Does Haaretz still refer to them as "militants"? The way for Israel to win (and I do not want to sound blood thirsty but I must tell the truth) is to wrack up huge numbers of dead Palestinian terrorists. These pin prick strikes although morally admirable will not do the trick. Israel needs to grind them down in a war of attrition in which its superior firepower, operational ingenuity, and mobility will prevail.

Does Haaretz still refer to them as “militants”?

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596/comment-page-1#comment-11343 Meryl Yourish Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:54:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596#comment-11343 Jerry, that's because it's an Israeli newspaper. Every other paper adds that "homemade" caveat in order to downplay the kassam effects on Israelis. Anne Lieberman has a great post on the <a href="http://bokertov.typepad.com/btb/2006/07/riposte.html" rel="nofollow">victims of the kassam rockets</a> on Ashkelon. Yes, people have died. Not that you'd know it from the MSM reports. Jerry, that’s because it’s an Israeli newspaper.

Every other paper adds that “homemade” caveat in order to downplay the kassam effects on Israelis.

Anne Lieberman has a great post on the victims of the kassam rockets on Ashkelon. Yes, people have died. Not that you’d know it from the MSM reports.

]]> By: Jerry Ritcey http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596/comment-page-1#comment-11340 Jerry Ritcey Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:34:43 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/07/07/1596#comment-11340 Casualty ratios like that should help dissolve the resolve of the terrorists a bit, as they don't care for the misery they are causing around them. I note in the kassam story you link to they don't hyphenate the rockets as being "crude" or "homemade" like the NY Times has been doing lately. Good to see. Casualty ratios like that should help dissolve the resolve of the terrorists a bit, as they don’t care for the misery they are causing around them.

I note in the kassam story you link to they don’t hyphenate the rockets as being “crude” or “homemade” like the NY Times has been doing lately. Good to see.

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