Posted on 03/03/2009 12:40:22 PM PST by Tigen
Provoked by the Palestinians' escalating missile campaign, on Sunday evening the Ashkelon Parents Association voted not to send their children to school on Monday.
Ever since the outgoing Kadima government ended Operation Cast Lead in Gaza on January 20, the Palestinians have steadily stepped-up their missile war against Israel. Over the weekend the IDF acknowledged that six weeks later, daily Palestinian missile barrages against Israel have returned to pre-Operation Cast Lead levels. Moreover, the IDF warned that over the past six weeks, Hamas and its sister terror groups have rebuilt their missile arsenals both through imports of Iranian arms from Egypt and through local production lines. They have also brought in fairly advanced anti-aircraft missiles capable of shooting down IAF helicopters.
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The IDF did a good job this time, but Kadima was running the show, and for them it was just an election ploy. Even a successful action, if it is called off too soon under the pressure of enemy propaganda, is counterproductive. We’ve seen that often enough.
So, now, here we are, back at square one, and worse off than before. And Obama with a perfect excuse to arm the Palestinians with our tax dollars.
Clearly this must be a mistake. After all, it wasn’t part of the truce agreement and we all KNOW Hamas never goes back on an agreement.
Go get em BB, don’t stop till they beg you to, even offering up their first born son’s. You will find no help from Obama and his backstabbing ways, do what we all know you must.
They got their Change. I Hope they like it.
six weeks after Operation Cast Lead, the US has joined the nations of the world in funding Hamas and is curtailing its military assistance to Israel,
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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The real joke is those in Israel who actually thought it was something other than an election ploy.
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