Comments on: Hamas and its boosters

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:25:17 +0000

Since that suicide bomber is likely to come whether Israel strikes back at Hamas today or does not, I do not see what the argument is for doing nothing. The Muslim war against Israel will continue until the Palestinian Arabs conclude that they would rather not be killed by Israelis. Israel has not yet killed enough of them for them to come to that conclusion. When Palis are sufficiently frightened of the consequences of attacking Israel and killing Israelis to forgo their favorite sport then there will be peace between Israel and the Palis, and not before.

War means fighting and fighting means killing. The Arabs wanted war, now they are getting it. In future they should be more careful what they wish for.

By: Lefty

Lefty — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:22:09 +0000

The key passage in Klein’s posting is this: “The [Palestinian] response will not come today, of course. It will come in months, or even in years, when an angry orphan detonates a belt filled with shrapnel, killing himself and 25 Israelis.” He’s not saying the Israelis have no right to defend themselves, he’s saying that the current war is counterproductive because it will ultimately get more Israelis killed by terrorists than would have been killed by Kassams. This opinion is hardly anti-Israel.

So the conclusion drawn by Q and O, though written sarcastically, may actually be true. Since the missile strikes were fairly inaccurate, sitting and taking it might have been Israel’s least bad option. A comparison might be drawn to the days when Syria was shelling Israeli ciivlians from the Golan Heights. As awful as these attacks were, the Israelis did not try to capture the Golan Heights before 1967, judging the costs to outweigh the benefits.

So Klein can legitimately argue that Israel is making a terrible mistake. Such an argument doesn’t make him anti-Israel or pro-Hamas. Whether he’s right is another subject….

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:12:34 +0000

Apparently to the Europeans, the UN, and a alrge part of the American left, the opposite of “proportionate” is “effective.”

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:01:33 +0000

I think you guys scared him off.

I’m still trying to figure out how his comments got approved. I don’t recall getting any in the moderation queue.

Well, he’s pushed the boundaries of the No Israel-Bashing rule, but not broken it. So he can stay. But let us try to be civil.

By: cliff was from montreal

cliff was from montreal — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:26:42 +0000

jsilverheels
Yep, typical misdirection from you libs.Prove your point.I only see your accusations straight from the pali ‘I’m a victim’ handbook, not actual facts.And you still have not addressed my second response.Are you a troll?

By: jsilverheels

jsilverheels — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:18:47 +0000

“Funny, how you have conveniently omitted that Israel is permitting humanitarian aid into the strip, and you have stated just the opposite”

Yeah, they opened it temporarily, after sealing off the population for over a year.

“Tonto? Your handle is the name of the actor who played Tonto on The Lone Ranger TV series, and weâ€™re not supposed to giggle at that?”

This, from someone who calls himself “passingthru”?

Smart guys you have here, Meryl. Ciao. Have a nice little dream world. The tide is changing. As that anti-Zionist Martin Indyk has said, “the era of the blank check is over.”

By: passingthru

passingthru — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:22:51 +0000

Tonto? Your handle is the name of the actor who played Tonto on The Lone Ranger TV series, and we’re not supposed to giggle at that?

Say, Tonto, Israel is supplying food and medical supplies, and has been doing so from the beginning—when Hamas isn’t shelling the crossings, that is.

By: Abe

Abe — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:01:25 +0000

IMHO Israel would be fully justified in having a policy that *every* rocket attack results in a fairly large crater at the launch site. Then they could calibrate the crater diameter on up as a “proportionate response.”

Enjoy your work on SNN.

By: cliff was from montreal

cliff was from montreal — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:45:47 +0000

I forgot to mention the Israel double standard time you libs suffer from, where it’s ok to have the hamas terrorist thugs holding all of Israel under siege, firing rockets at innocent civilians but G_D forbid the fact that Israel should actually defend itself.

By: cliff was from montreal

cliff was from montreal — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:32:14 +0000

jsilverheels
Funny, how you have conveniently omitted that Israel is permitting humanitarian aid into the strip, and you have stated just the opposite. Guess you think that ‘aid’ should be letting in weapons and the supplies to manufacture them to kill more Jews.Good stuff.
Truth is, that hamas themselves are 100% responsible for the mess they are in.
Israel needs the fortitude to crush them once and for all.