tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post2530458398706705808..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Hamas Requires More Dead GazansMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-38444348785739984422014-08-10T17:55:13.747-07:002014-08-10T17:55:13.747-07:00For some reason this grotesque scene from an old M...For some reason this grotesque scene from an old Monty Python movie comes to mind.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690geoffffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056725010151459750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-23738105074602091162014-08-09T12:37:51.115-07:002014-08-09T12:37:51.115-07:00*as their 'leaders'*as their 'leaders'JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-25938618310185723602014-08-09T12:37:09.154-07:002014-08-09T12:37:09.154-07:00Yeah, exactly. Hamas will fight to the last Gazan...Yeah, exactly. Hamas will fight to the last Gazan, as they order room service from luxury hotels in Qatar.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-71423228304103527662014-08-09T12:25:05.570-07:002014-08-09T12:25:05.570-07:00Israel should not have to go through this every 2 ...Israel should not have to go through this every 2 or 3 years, as I am sure that you would agree.<br /><br />It is important that their military aims including eroding Hamas' capacity to shoot rockets into Israel and destroying those truly frightening "terror tunnels."<br /><br />But, unless they want to kick the can down the road, they will need to include the unconditional surrender of Hamas, and the elimination of that organization from the strip, as a military objective, as well.<br /><br />They are, however, not going to do that. I have no idea what loss of life would entail from such an operation, but I do know that much of the west would strenuously object.<br /><br />What I don't believe, however, is this pattern can continue on into the future.<br />Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-44171785173716884692014-08-09T11:31:22.932-07:002014-08-09T11:31:22.932-07:00The difference, of course, is that Spike had every...The difference, of course, is that Spike had everything to lose. Including his own life. Hamas comes back for more, and another 1,000 Palestinians are dead. And Hamas survives. Maybe missing easily replaceable limbs of their own constituency. Rinse. Repeat. It's easy to blame the bull dog. (Dylan's Neighborhood Bully?) Spike will never learn. Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11543858441307618417noreply@blogger.com