[CondorFlight]

Only Olmert could think it would take months for the Israeli army to occupy and totally subdue Gaza.

(Neville Chamberlain reincarnate, I guess. . .)

[Mr. Mojo]

....a poll of 1,197 Palestinians showed almost 80 per cent supported the militant attack in which Cpl Shalit was captured.

They support terrorism, they voted for terrorists....

And they deserve their fate.

[NinoFan]

I still don't know why the focus is on the one soldier instead of all the other awful things Hamas and the Palestinians have done, but I'm glad to see that the Israeli PM is willing to actually do something about the problem. I feared he'd be a John Kerry type and wet his pants at the first sign of trouble. Thankfully, it appears that I was wrong.

[Mr. Brightside]

"disproportionate use of force"

What? Like bringing your gun to a knife fight?

Good for Israel and prayers for the soldier.

[BlueOneGolf]

"He said the operation was not "on a timetable". "We're talking about a long war," he said, as the army's southern region commander threatened to pound Palestinian militants for "months"."

Works for me...

[Bean Counter]

It ought not take all that long if the Israelis decide to move; in fact it would be over within days.

[tomzz]

It's a safe bet by now that Shalit is dead.

Moreover they need to resolve this problem and not keep playing the same games. The slammite world has to be forced to find a place to put the "palestinians" and that place has to be very far from Israel. Anything else is a joke.

[onedoug]

Kill islamists!

How many muslims are islamist?

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[untrained skeptic]

That civilian population voted for those murderous criminals as their government. They made their choice. It's the leadership they chose bringing this upon them, and the majority still supports Hamas.

The are harboring those who kidnap and kill Israelis. They are part of the group holding the captive, and they should face the effects of the siege.

This is the government for which they voted. They aren't innocent bystanders.

Palestine cannot support itself even for short periods of time because they have chosen to demand aid rather than work to self sufficiency. They choose to attack those who's help they need to survive.

Unless they are forced to bear the effects of their choices, there is little hope they will ever change.

[edpc]

They will think twice about launching attacks when they see in a week, a month, or two months from now that hundreds of terrorists have been killed

a poll of 1,197 Palestinians showed almost 80 per cent supported the militant attack in which Cpl Shalit was captured.

Eight percent of 1197 is about 958, so the Gazans should have at least that many casualties when all is said and done.

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[TexasRepublic]

Israel should carpet bomb Gaza until the rubble is reduced to gravel.