Comments on: Media hyperventilation watch: IDF heading for Gaza http://www.yourish.com/2008/06/06/4923 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/06/06/4923/comment-page-1#comment-32200 Alex Bensky Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=4923#comment-32200 But Rob, those rockets will be fired by splinter groups that Hamas, despite its best efforts, cannot control. The media and western governments will agree, will decide that Hamas is doing its best despite the uninterrupted rain of rockets, and then pressure Israel into concessions. But Rob, those rockets will be fired by splinter groups that Hamas, despite its best efforts, cannot control. The media and western governments will agree, will decide that Hamas is doing its best despite the uninterrupted rain of rockets, and then pressure Israel into concessions.

]]> By: Rob O'Connor http://www.yourish.com/2008/06/06/4923/comment-page-1#comment-32189 Rob O'Connor Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:11:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=4923#comment-32189 <i>Hamas warned on Thursday afternoon that it would continue to launch attacks against Israeli communities near the Gaza border so long as there was no ceasefire in effect.</i> Why bother with a ceasefire agreement? Israel is just putting its border city residents in danger, and what percentage of ceasefire agreements have ever been honored by Hamas? This is just a guess, but I'd have to say...ah...zero percent. The fact that a military operation would precede a ceasefire is an indication that there is no chance for it to succeed. I'll make a prediction. After the "supposed" ceasefire takes effect, Hamas will fire rockets into an Israel border city, killing innocent citizens. Israel retaliates, and kills innocent citizens in proximity to terrorists. Lesson learned, I don't think so! Hamas warned on Thursday afternoon that it would continue to launch attacks against Israeli communities near the Gaza border so long as there was no ceasefire in effect.

Why bother with a ceasefire agreement? Israel is just putting its border city residents in danger, and what percentage of ceasefire agreements have ever been honored by Hamas? This is just a guess, but I’d have to say…ah…zero percent.
The fact that a military operation would precede a ceasefire is an indication that there is no chance for it to succeed.
I’ll make a prediction. After the “supposed” ceasefire takes effect, Hamas will fire rockets into an Israel border city, killing innocent citizens. Israel retaliates, and kills innocent citizens in proximity to terrorists. Lesson learned, I don’t think so!

]]> By: Gary Ogletree http://www.yourish.com/2008/06/06/4923/comment-page-1#comment-32187 Gary Ogletree Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:59:23 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=4923#comment-32187 I worry that Olmert will only engage in a little wrist slapping. What Hamas needs to get right with Allah is a devastating beating, a total war. I suspect thousands of Gaza residents would welcome their departure from the hood, in a similar fashion to the fall of AQ and the Mahdi Army in Irag, but Israel would have to stay and provide security to make such an operation a lasting success. Not a chance under present leadership The tragedy is that more IDF soldiers will die in another of Olmert's PR stunts. Maybe if Obama would offer himself as a human shield against Hamas rocket attacks? PS, I'm sure Israelis welcome these expert opinions from so far away. Or maybe not. I worry that Olmert will only engage in a little wrist slapping. What Hamas needs to get right with Allah is a devastating beating, a total war. I suspect thousands of Gaza residents would welcome their departure from the hood, in a similar fashion to the fall of AQ and the Mahdi Army in Irag, but Israel would have to stay and provide security to make such an operation a lasting success. Not a chance under present leadership The tragedy is that more IDF soldiers will die in another of Olmert’s PR stunts. Maybe if Obama would offer himself as a human shield against Hamas rocket attacks? PS, I’m sure Israelis welcome these expert opinions from so far away. Or maybe not.

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2008/06/06/4923/comment-page-1#comment-32184 Alex Bensky Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:46:42 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=4923#comment-32184 I offer a prediction, thanks to my mystical powers: when the Israeli action is launched the media will at best speak sadly about "yet another cycle of violence that besets the strife-torn land." Any bets? I offer a prediction, thanks to my mystical powers: when the Israeli action is launched the media will at best speak sadly about “yet another cycle of violence that besets the strife-torn land.”

Any bets?

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