Its Fatah that abducted Eliyahu Asheri and Gilad Shalit, not Hamas. And yet the Israeli government is ignoring Fatah's cupability in terrorism, perhaps because it would be an admission that is no partner for Israel to surrender territory to. Fatah and Hamas are in fact, merging. And in refusing to invade Gaza and ending the PLO regime, as Caroline Glick and Steven Plaut have written this morning, Olmert still refuses to get it. That Israeli capitulation in fact will not produce peace but an enormous escalation of Palestinian violence. If I was Abu Mazen, I would not believe for a moment Israel is serious, since her leaders make threats but fail to follow through on them. That is the meaning behind Israel's Really Really Hard vow of promising to responding to PLO violence through blowing up empty buildings, fields and bridges and the limited assassination of a handful of terrorist leaders. Even the boy crying wolf had more strategic credibility. In the end, Reoccupation and Denazification is Israel's only choice and it may take a winding road to arrive there.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
Well, ya know, maybe Israel just takes 'em all out, just to make sure the correct perps pay for the crime. Make a clean sweep.