----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:46 PM
Subject: Another police station gone
> I'm a pretty smart person, well educated and as well read as I can be in
> foreign policy and international politics as I can be without it being a
> full-time career, but I really don't understand the policy Israel is
> currently enacting to control the violence - how does bombing a police
> station help the Palestinians control terrorism?
The viewpoint of the government of Israel is that the bombing was directed
from that police station. They feel that the Palestinian police provide the
leadership and the know how to accomplish at least some of the bombings.
They do have a fairly decent intelligence operation, so it is quite possible
that this understanding is well founded. (I'm trying to choose my words
precisely here...)
>How does killing their leadership help the Palestinians to exert leadership
over dissident
> factions? How does continuing to use excessive force against an angry
> people engender anything other than more hatred and fear, leading to
> further acts of violence against the only targets they can attack and
> with the only means at their disposal? Could somebody explain it to
> me? Seriously, if I'm missing something, I would very much like to be
> informed..
The view of the government of Israel is that their choice is to either sit
back and let their people be killed without harm coming to those directing
the attacks or to hit back at those directing and/or allowing the attacks to
take place. I'm not saying I concur with their policy, but it is one that
can be understood.
Dan M.
