Israel ponders Gaza escalation
Hard choices in Israel- is it all out or hold out?
JERUSALEM-- Israel's Political-Security Cabinet instructed the military to present plans for, "a more extensive operation" in the Gaza Strip to stop rocket attacks and arms smuggling.
The order was issued as more Palestinian Qassam rockets were fired on the town of Sderot, near the Gaza Strip. The army spokesman reckoned that this month Palestinians fired 157 rockets of which 91 made it to the border. Two Israelis were killed in Sderot in the past week.
During the recent Lebanon War, Hezbollah fired some 4,000 short-range rockets that led an estimated 350,000 Israelis to leave their homes. The Israeli military failed to stop those attacks and realized the rockets have become a strategic weapon.
The Israelis remember all too well that their failure to stop Hezbollah's buildup in southern Lebanon led suddenly made them face thousands of rockets and well-entrenched fortified bunkers. They do not want a repetition in Gaza.
Israel may be begining to understand what we now are tossing around politically. We should have gone into Iraq with full force and manpower. Although it is funny in a way to hear democrats declare that with 20/20 hindsight but there is truth in it. War is not a half-hearted venture. You win or you lose but you do not "problem solve" your way out (per Nancy Pelosi). Pulling out in Iraq will be percieved as a victory for the terrorists...and holding out in Gaza will only embolden more attacks in Israel.
Labels: gaza strip, Israel, palestinians, rocket attacks
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