[sofaman]

Hope a didn't bungle anything...my first post. Mods, have moicy.

[cweese]

Good post! Thanks!

[dirtboy]

It was already posted once - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1428003/posts. Be sure to do a quick search on a single relevant word from the title - in this case, "lessons" brough up the earlier post. And this is more analysis than news, so it probably doesn't belong in breaking news.

But don't sweat it. It takes a bit o' time to learn things here, and there will be many folks who will cheerfully point out if you've done something wrong...

[ILBBACH]

Very interesting - good post.

[inquest]

Not bad for a newbie ;-)

(great post, actually)

[LilDarlin]

2) IMPORTANCE OF ISRAELI CHECKPOINTS

If I may quote from Mr. Peters (again), "Do not be drawn into a public dialog with terrorists, especially not with apocalyptic terrorists. You cannot win. You legitimize the terrorists by addressing them even through a third medium, and their extravagant claims will resound more successfully on their own home ground than anything you can say. Ignore absurd accusations, and never let the enemy's claims slow or sidetrack you. The terrorist wants you to react, and your best means of unbalancing him and his plan is to ignore his accusations."