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Israel's Response Is Disproportionate
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/mark_disproportionate.php3?printer_friendly ^ | Jonathan Mark

Posted on 01/06/2009 10:51:12 AM PST by ventanax5

I condemn Israel's disproportionate attack on Hamas because, so far, it has only lasted four days and I would like to see a proportionate response that terrifies Hamas for seven years, the years that have filled Sderot and neighboring towns with nightmares, death, amputations and trauma coming from rockets and mortars fired from Gaza.

Perhaps a proportionate response would have Gaza's leaders fearful of being killed every day for the next two years, as Gilad Shalit has been terrified of torture and death every day for the last two years in his solitary Gaza dungeon.

A proportionate response would have Hamas mothers and fathers as fearful for their children's lives as Shalit's mother and father have been fearful for Gilad's life.

A proportionate response would have Gaza's children crying for their mommies and daddies, the way at a Hamas pageant earlier in December a Palestinian actor dressed as Shalit got down on his knees, mock-begging in Hebrew for his Ima and Abba while the Gaza crowds laughed.

A proportionate response would so intimidate Hamas that they will grovel and, as a "gesture," send cocoa and jam into Sderot, the way Israel has groveled in response to rockets from Hamas, sending cocoa and jam into Gaza. Imagine Churchill sending cocoa and jam into Berlin as a humanitarian gesture after - during - the bombing of London.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; islam; israel; jihad; wot
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1 posted on 01/06/2009 10:51:12 AM PST by ventanax5
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To: ventanax5

Will the world stop kissing Hamas’ butt? They are a TERRORIST organization, for crying out loud!!!!! THEY FIRED FIRST!!!!


2 posted on 01/06/2009 10:52:51 AM PST by wk4bush2004 (SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!!!!!)
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To: wk4bush2004

Did you actually READ the article? Just a little bit? Go back and read the FIRST line.


3 posted on 01/06/2009 10:55:31 AM PST by autumnraine
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To: wk4bush2004

What is the difference between todays Europe and Hitler’s Europe?

Hitler used gas chambers to kill jews, today’s Europe wants Hamas to do it for them.


4 posted on 01/06/2009 10:56:22 AM PST by Common Tator
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To: ventanax5

The disproportionate argument is a non-starter anyway. Since when are wars supposed to be fair, just or proportionate?


5 posted on 01/06/2009 10:57:56 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: ventanax5
... Had me goin’ there for a second.

I'm a firm believer in not letting the (aggressor, terrorist, criminal, etc.) determine the rules of engagement. One who pokes a sleeping lion with a stick should not expect the lion to simply poke back with a stick should he wake up. Any loser who thinks that terrorizing others is a good way to make a living should expect that every day is probably his last.

6 posted on 01/06/2009 10:57:58 AM PST by Sopater (I'm so sick of atheists shoving their religion in my face.)
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To: ventanax5

Wait until the Landlord shows!


7 posted on 01/06/2009 10:58:03 AM PST by RoadTest (The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? - Jer.17:9)
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To: wk4bush2004

At least your heart is in the right place. :)


8 posted on 01/06/2009 10:58:48 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: autumnraine

Classic case of knee jerk. :-)


9 posted on 01/06/2009 10:58:52 AM PST by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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To: ventanax5

‘bout time somebody siad it. Now, when does it start??


10 posted on 01/06/2009 10:59:57 AM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (how abou)
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To: ventanax5

Call me cruel if you want. I think Israel would be justified at unrestricted saturation bombing of the Gaza strip. I’d bomb that damned thing until it was below sea level and flooded.


11 posted on 01/06/2009 11:03:25 AM PST by JamesP81 (Let the Great RINO Hunt of 2009 begin)
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To: autumnraine

I did read some of the article, but I think I reacted too soon, lol!

I’m just really tired of people saying that Israel’s Gaza operation are “disproportionate” or “excessive” or anything.


12 posted on 01/06/2009 11:03:36 AM PST by wk4bush2004 (SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!!!!!)
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To: ventanax5

Yeah. The Israelis aren’t killing enough terrorists.


13 posted on 01/06/2009 11:04:14 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: JamesP81
Call me cruel if you want. I think Israel would be justified at unrestricted saturation bombing of the Gaza strip. I’d bomb that damned thing until it was below sea level and flooded.

I'd like to see Israel bulldoze a one mile buffer in Gaza ... and flatten an additional mile every time terrorists attack from Gaza.

14 posted on 01/06/2009 11:09:33 AM PST by MathDoc (Don't blame me, I voted for Governor Palin and the wrinkly white-haired guy)
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To: JamesP81
A new coastal resort for Israel. Good Idea...
15 posted on 01/06/2009 11:57:48 AM PST by ejonesie22 (Stupidity has an expiration date 1-20-2013 *(Thanks Nana))
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To: ventanax5

I think a proportionate response would be to treat HAMAS the way HAMAS would like to deal with the Jews.

Wipe them out. Dead men can’t terrorize.


16 posted on 01/06/2009 11:58:51 AM PST by ScottinVA (All I needed to know about islam I learned on 9-11.)
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To: ventanax5
Oblique Attack
Example:

You are a petty street punk.
You commit a crime.
In response, the largest known operating Criminal organization in the area regardless of bribes and political protection money given, is hammered 24/7.

Result:
You are exterminated from within.

Think 9-11-
Hijackers w/ box cutters murder 3,000 Civilians in NYC.
Response-The strongest standing , anti American Military force in the region is taken out in a few days and it's leader is hung . What follows is 8 years without a terrorist attack on our soil and now the strongest standing military force in the region is an ally of the USA.

Lesson learned= Don't screw with those crazy Americans, even The New York Times and CNN can't save us.

Unfortunately, after the 22nd this may all change.

17 posted on 01/06/2009 11:59:39 AM PST by TET1968 (SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..

If you’d like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
High Volume.


18 posted on 01/06/2009 12:33:11 PM PST by SJackson (The American people are wise in wanting change, 2 terms is plenty, Condi Rice)
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To: ventanax5; All
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19 posted on 01/06/2009 12:52:35 PM PST by Larousse2 (Like June Carter Cash, "I'm just tryin' to matter.")
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To: ventanax5

I agree with this writer. The only beef I have with the Israelis is that they have been pussy-footing around with Hamas for so long. Israel needs to leave Gaza when there isn’t one brick on top of another. If the Palestinians can’t behave like civilized people they don’t deserve to be treated as such.


20 posted on 01/06/2009 1:46:30 PM PST by Timocrat
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