Posted on 12/30/2008 1:57:21 PM PST by Fennie
Large Israeli forces - tanks, infantry, engineer corps, artillery, and more - are waiting just outside Gaza for the order to enter. It is felt that the great successes of the three-day air campaign have begun - or are soon to begin - yielding diminishing returns, and that a ground offensive will be necessary.
The precise objectives of such an attack have not been publicized, however, other than the neutralization of rocket-launching sites. Strategic terror points, including mosques that shelter weapons and ammunition, will also be targeted.
"We will reach places [in Gaza] that the Palestinians never expected," an unidentified senior IDF officer told NRG-Maariv.
"We do not intend to bring in masses of forces," the officer said, "which would become targets within [enemy territory.] The objective is rather to activate forces that will quickly and constantly move from one place to another. We have artillery, precise-fire weapons, and other surprises." The IDF carried out a practice run for a ground offensive of this type two weeks ago.
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I hope, really hope this is not rhetoric and they do follow through.
I hope they just don’t go in for 10 seconds then withdraw because of some whiny Hamas leaders wanting a truce for a day. Go in and get rid of them. Place Gaza under IDF military control. Block the port.
They said they are going to destroy Hamas. Failure to do so will set their doom. I hope they use the super secret Ham Bomb on them. Built by Oscar Meyer black ops. Any Muslim hit by the Ham Bomb is denied the 72 virgins and forced to be a sex slave for a Rosie Odonnel clone for eternity.
Unfortunately our gee whiz leaders like Secretary Rice, and Powell are pressuring Israel to back off and accept another truce. We also want Israel to give up even more land like the Golan Heights. Some of my family live in Israel and I’m considering going there in the future and running for political office just so I can tell the US to mind its own freaking business. Because of our arrogance, we made Israel lose to Hezbollah, and now Hezbollah controls even more land in Lebanon. Thank god, Israel ignored the US, and decided to take out the nuclear facility in Syria for the good of the world. I know that people in Israel are ready for a change of face in US politics because they are getting tired of being told the terms of how to defend themselves.
why risk their men
Roll to the sea, all the way to Egypt. Push your enemies before you and hear the laminations of their women.
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