So, we just carpet bomb the UN and all the media organizations that spend millions of dollars every year struggling to convince them that Israel is a helpless, inoffensive desert flower that they have safely contained the more militant aspects of.

I don’t think that’s a much more realistic option.

Yes, John – when sufficient numbers of terrorist leaders are convinced that they themselves are likely to lose their lives if they continue their attacks, they will stop. Carpet bombing is not required – Arabs do act rationally, according to their own priorities. When it appears that they are being irrational, it is only because those priorities don’t match what the West believes they should be.

“As long as Hamas thinks that Israel will make no move to stop them, they will continue to attack”

But won’t they continue to attack anyway? i.e. you just can’t kill all of them unless, well, unless you kill ALL of them.

I’m not saying the IDF should stop, I think there is a reason for retribution with or without deterrent effect, but is there any final military solution other than carpet bombing? Or is minimizing the frequency of attacks the best we can expect?