For three years, Israel stood by and did nothing, just took the rockets as part of daily life – then suddenly hit Gaza with an “excessive” amount of force. Why didn’t Israel just answer each rocket attack, say, an artillery barage on the exact spot it originated from? If Israel knew where the tunnels were, why didn’t the IDF take them out, one for every rocket attack? See where I’m going? The attack on whatever-it-was in Syria blew over in a couple of days, the IDF should have spread their efforts over the past three years, instead of doing it all in three weeks. Why not Commando raids – that the IDF is famous for – on rocket locations, take pics, get the evidence, blow the whole dump?

You see, public opinion isn’t based on the one response, but on the fact that Israel did nothing for three years, than unleashed everything. Bad PR. Of course, we all know why it happened, which is what so sad about it.

Politicians in Israel only care about protecting their people when an election looms…

With one exception, and he’s almost universally hated for it, even though he’s kept this country safe from terrorism for seven years. I look for that to change soon, however.

Robert

I wrote that they had to kill all the Hamas scum and reorganize governance in Gaza. Well they didn’t, now Israel will reap the rewards of not finishing the job. Hamas will rearm and start the war again at its own convenience, probably when Israel is preoccupied with something else (like Hezbollah in Lebanon). Meanwhile the daily rockets and mortats will continue. In the eyes of the world those attacks don’t constitute warmaking after all, I suppose because Arabs and not Jews are making the attacks. Jews killed by Hamas don’t count, only Arabs killed by Jews are worthy of notice to our oh-so-moral betters. Feh.

“In war there is no substitute for victory.” Douglas MacArthur.