Comments on: Be very, very skeptical http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5860 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Scholar in Training http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5860/comment-page-1#comment-35101 Scholar in Training Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:04:36 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5860#comment-35101 Certainly you would admit that this cycle of terrorist attack --> overreaction defense is just leading to continued violence, right? Here's a thought. What if instead of responding, Israel just didn't do anything? What if they didn't respond to the attacks. Would it seek to delegitimize Hamas by taking away their only claim to fame: Israel killing civilians? I'm not sure it's so crazy of an idea: http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/a-thought-experiment-what-if-israel-did-nothing/ Certainly you would admit that this cycle of terrorist attack –> overreaction defense is just leading to continued violence, right?

Here’s a thought. What if instead of responding, Israel just didn’t do anything? What if they didn’t respond to the attacks. Would it seek to delegitimize Hamas by taking away their only claim to fame: Israel killing civilians?

I’m not sure it’s so crazy of an idea: http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/12/a-thought-experiment-what-if-israel-did-nothing/

]]> By: Charles Martel http://www.yourish.com/2008/12/30/5860/comment-page-1#comment-35058 Charles Martel Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:43:59 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5860#comment-35058 Sorry to be cynical here but Fatah is cheering for Israel because destruction of Hamas in Gaza will facilitate Fatah's triumphant return to power there. Israel is very much between a rock and a hard place: if she fails to obliterate Hamas and its war-making capabilities, Hamas will retain power, rearm, and in short order projectiles will once again be threatening Israeli communities. If on the other hand, Israel succeeds in decimating Hamas, Fatah will step in to "reunify" Gaza and the West Bank and the international community led by Obama will say that there is now no obstacle to the immediate creation of a Palestinian state (which will have to bisect Israel to be contiguous). Damned if they do; damned if they don't. Sorry to be cynical here but Fatah is cheering for Israel because destruction of Hamas in Gaza will facilitate Fatah’s triumphant return to power there.

Israel is very much between a rock and a hard place: if she fails to obliterate Hamas and its war-making capabilities, Hamas will retain power, rearm, and in short order projectiles will once again be threatening Israeli communities.

If on the other hand, Israel succeeds in decimating Hamas, Fatah will step in to “reunify” Gaza and the West Bank and the international community led by Obama will say that there is now no obstacle to the immediate creation of a Palestinian state (which will have to bisect Israel to be contiguous).

Damned if they do; damned if they don’t.

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