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To: anotherview
There are some lines the Palestinians have never dared cross. Once they cross certain lines Israeli anger would be too great to contain.

What red lines haven't they crossed? Mass murder at Passover celebrations in your home town? Mass murder of people returning from prayer at the Kotel? Shooting pregnant women and babies at point blank range?

I agree they haven't yet set off a nuke in Tel Aviv, but just wait till they get their paws on a nuke.

53 posted on 08/01/2005 11:37:55 AM PDT by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Alouette

That sentiment, about further off red lines, is unfortunate but in a way understandable psychologically.

It's like the example they use about cooking lobster. The lobster boils to death not appreciating the ever rising temperature.

Israel is so psychologically damaged, to shock them is getting harder and harder.

Imagine the response of Israel 1948-1993, to rockers fired daily into an Israeli towns.


54 posted on 08/01/2005 11:44:49 AM PDT by Sabramerican (Islam is to Peace as Rape is to Love)
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To: Alouette; Sabramerican

You're both right. My choice of words was, at best, unfortunate.

Let's put it this way: at some point a Palestinian action or set of actions enrages the Israeli public so much that the government has no choice but to act. We've seen major terrorist attacks followed by major IDF operations before. Sometimes it was because an attack was particularly heinous but more often than not it's because we reached a point where we couldn't sit back any longer no matter how much Washington protested.

My point is that missiles landing in Tel Aviv would be heinous enough to provoke such a response. I am not saying that any of the attacks you have mentioned is not horrific in and of itself.


56 posted on 08/01/2005 1:13:00 PM PDT by anotherview ("Ignorance is the choice not to know" -Klaus Schulze)
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