On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Max Blumenthal films a pro-Israel rally in New York and asks questions > about civilian casualties that elicit the most horrific answers. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FABqq_jjRRo]
Jews gone wild? > But these sentiments are not just on the street. They are even on the > op-ed page of America's newspaper of record. > [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3679] Thomas Friedman? Does anyone take this pompous clown seriously? ------------------------------snip Here's what Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, said the morning after the morning after about his decision to start that war by abducting two Israeli soldiers on July 12, 2006: "We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not." That was the education of Hezbollah. Has Israel seen its last conflict with Hezbollah? I doubt it. But Hezbollah, which has done nothing for Hamas, will think three times next time. That is probably all Israel can achieve with a nonstate actor. In Gaza, I still can't tell if Israel is trying to eradicate Hamas or trying to "educate" Hamas, by inflicting a heavy death toll on Hamas militants and heavy pain on the Gaza population. If it is out to destroy Hamas, casualties will be horrific and the aftermath could be Somalia-like chaos. If it is out to educate Hamas, Israel may have achieved its aims. -raghu. -- Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
