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Oh this is very very good news!

You see Hizbo operated as a state w/in a state. They essentially used Lebanon as a hostage or human shield. Therefore Lebanon could take the moral high-ground when it was attacked by the evil joos.

Now that Gaza has elected a Hamas government the political situation will be quite different. Israel can declare war and this nation in self-defense and utterly destroy every man woman and child there.

please, please Gaza - use some half assed WMD smuggled from Iraq/Syria. Then Israel can take the gloves off and wipe them from the face of the planet. At that point there will no longer be a Palestinian issue to get worked up about.

People will say to one day:
"Remember when there used to be these Egyptians and Jordanians that called themselves Palestinian and tried to take over Israel from the inside?"
"Ya, I don't think they'll ever try that again"

[dervish]

"Now that Gaza has elected a Hamas government the political situation will be quite different."

You forgot one thing, the 'but' rule. Every time Israel defends themselves the world finds an excuse to tie its hands with exceptions that apply to no other entity. Some examples -

The disproportionate force will still apply in Gaza. The Hamas has a political, humanitarian arm not associated with the terrorists will still apply. The what about the large percent of the populace who do not support Hamas will still apply. The Gaza population is a victim of Hamas will apply.

Bottom line is that Israel must choose the path it believes is both moral and protects itself. Trying to achieve world approval is the way to the next Holocaust.