What Are They Thinking?...(Hamas and Hezbollah will lose this war — and maybe any chance at peace)

NRO ^ | July 14, 2006 | Clifford D. May

[Huck]

Is this writer that dumb? They don't want peace. They want world war. And it's not just Hamas/Hizbollah. It's ragheads everywhere.

[refermech]

Rabid animals don't think. They just need to be put down.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Perhaps they believe that they've caught the West with its moral pants down.

[IrishMike]

He's no dummy.

— Clifford D. May, is the president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism.

[RightWhale]

Hizbolla is firing off everything they have as if missiles are going out of style. They will lose but they don't care. They have a bad case of heretical zionism.

[Semi Civil Servant]

Islamaniacs don't think. They hate and kill.

[Rokke]

"Is this writer that dumb?"

I don't know about dumb, but apparently clueless and certainly naive.

[Let's Roll]

ditto - don't now and never have wanted peace

just want to kill joooooz

[trisham]

From Wikipedia:

"Born near Binyamina in the British Mandate of Palestine, Ehud Olmert is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with degrees in psychology, philosophy and law."

That's pretty impressive.

[Piranha]

Hamas and Hezballah don't lose if they keep the kidnapped soldiers and Israel gets pressured by the US to avoid a "disproportionate response" and curtails its efforts against Hamas and Hezballah before they are destroyed.

[Huck]

So he's just pretending to be dumb??

[Darkwolf377]

I don't get why you think he's dumb. What specifically is dumb about his article?

[Banjoguy]

A good many people in this country have their heads in the sand regarding this issue.

You are right, of course. And I don't think we should wait for them to make the first move against us. Iran needs to be taught a lesson about modern warfare, U.S style.

Trouble is, they are drawing on the Jimmy Carter experience. They truly believe that their bellicosity will scare us off.

[PajamaTruthMafia]

When is the world going to wake up to the reality that THEY DON'T WANT PEACE! They want a fight to the death. Period. End of story.

[The_Media_never_lie]

A "measured" or "proportional" response just encourages more of the same.

It must be asymmetrical warfare by Israel, too.

[APRPEH]

Cliff May is a bright guy but he seems to be superimposing his rationality on moon worshipping lunatic hamites.

[editor-surveyor]

"Perhaps they believe that they've caught the West with its moral pants down."

No, they're just encouraged by all the foolish moves by the Israeli government to relinquish important territories.

[Wings-n-Wind]

To quote that unimitable perennial MidEast jokester Ahh'Ma-Dizzy-Jihad

We will soon see:
Hamas (shelled and bulldozed)... AND
Hezzybollah (bombed back to the stone age)..IN OTHER WORDS
"...Removed from the face of the earth..."

Then Israel will trace their puppet strings back to Damascus and Teheran -- and summarily deal with their masters -- post-haste

Just-a humble opine...

[Huck]

The subtitle.