I don't think I know the situation well enough to make a suggestion. But I agree on the theory that force may be necessary and civilian casualties should be avoided.
On 7/24/08, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about cut off aid to Hamas? Nope, they just smuggle in what they need, > which is not food for their people. How about sanctions? Nope, doesn't > work, > especially with so many people yelling against any sanctions because it > hurts the people. Targeted assassinations of Hamas terrorists? Nope, > international outcry and fears of civilian casualties. anti-missile systems > around the Gaza border? At what cost and success? Israel's trying that now > but once its done what will the international outcry be against a 'wall of > missiles around Gaza'? > > What would you suggest? I'm out of ideas that don't involve the potential > for civilian casualties. > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Agreed. Israel should be able to defend itself. But how it best can do > that > > is the question. > > > > On 7/24/08, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Am I for Israel stopping daily rocket attacks against it's civilians? > > Yes. > > > Am I for Israel destroying Hamas, who in turn has been destroying their > > own > > > people for ages? yes. Am I against Israel invading Gaza to do it? no. > > Why? > > > Because Hamas will use its own people as human shields, they will use > the > > > media to show how Israel is the bad guys and it will scurry away, > leaving > > > their people in more ruins then they already are. > > > What I'm for is high powered sniper rifles to kill any and every rocket > > > team that comes to shoot at Israel. Of course, they've been shooting > from > > > places like schoolyards and using kids to launch and retrieve their > > > equipment so the above points become problems all over again. > > > What we need is a "slap up side the head" bomb. > > > > > > > > > >so, are you for this? or against this? > > > > > > > >> "If someone was to fire at my house, where my two daughters sleep, I > > > would > > > >> do everything within my power to stop him and I expect Israel to do > > the > > > >> same," he said. > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >will > > > > > > > >"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > > > >and that would just be unacceptable." > > > >- Carrie Fisher > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
