Posted on 07/07/2006 3:12:11 PM PDT by sergey1973
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reluctantly allowed the Israeli Defense Forces this week to begin a more extensive ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip after a Palestinian rocket traveled further than any projectile ever fired from Gaza, hitting the strategic, populated city of Ashkelon about eight miles from the Gaza border.
Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz announced the new IDF operation was aimed in part at stopping the regular Qassam rocket fire from Gaza into nearby Jewish communities. An Israeli soldier and at least 23 Palestinians, mostly militants, have been killed in street battles since yesterday, making it seem a major operation is underway.
But due mostly to political considerations, Olmert still has not authorized the IDF to do what must be done to halt some of the regular Qassam rocket fire – recapture the parts of Gaza used by Palestinian terrorists to launch missiles
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Israel PING !
Funny how this was all anticipated when Israel left Gaza only a short time ago. Powerline blog wrote about it at the time. Giving up strategic ground did not make sense to me. I tried to see it their way (easier to attack back, etc) but now that looks rather hollow.
Any effort to meet the radical Muslim world half-way is only seen as weakness. Do I have this wrong?
You've got it perfectly right--Islamists will never settle for compromise with infidels in the long term. All compromises for them are temporary until they are strong enough to destroy infidels. Muhammad showed the way back in the 7th Century Arabia.
Nope you have hit the nail on the head. And if they see what they call weakness they will exploit it all to h*ll
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Yes, I know. There are no ethnic or religious group of "Palestinians".
"Palestinian nation" is Arafat Invention.
For a good article on Islam-Mecca-The Whore of Babylon, go to yourarmstoisrael.org and select "sermon notes" and pull up "The Final End Time Beast". Print it and save for future reference.
Thanks.
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