RE: Another police station gone

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 1:57 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: 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
> 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...)

Since when is "a feeling" enough to warrant a bombing? What happened to that
annoying little detail called "proof"? If any government wants to throw a
bomb in retaliation for a terrorist attack, should they not at least
publicly prove that the people they target are guilty?

IMHO, if Israel bombs Palestinian targets in retaliation for terrorist
attacks without providing proof, they are no better than the terrorists
themselves.


Jeroen

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