[inquest]

It's not the way to go at all. It's what we who know about governments call a "slippery slope". Israel knows what it needs to do, and it's not doing it. It needs to go after the senior Palestinian leadership and go after them hard. This piddling around, going after small (non-combatant) fish, isn't going to stop terrorism, not by a long shot. But it will push Israel a little further to the "barbarian" end of the spectrum, like the people they're trying to fight.

[Terriergal]

It's what we who know about governments call a "slippery slope"

War is a slippery slope. And the Pali's keep pushing people into it, what are we supposed to do?

Do you think a few people on the Allied side didn't break a few "rules" trying to deter the enemy? Get real.

[Terriergal]

This piddling around, going after small (non-combatant) fish, isn't going to stop terrorism, not by a long shot.

I do agree here. But you can't go and attack a nation until you have support for the action. I think no matter what they do people will complain.

[Toddsterpatriot]

It's not the way to go at all. It's what we who know about governments call a "slippery slope".

The slippery slope is greased with the blood of innocent Israeli civilians.

Forcibly exiling civilians is inhumane, but sure beats blowing them up. Hamas and the Pali's whining about it means the Israeli's are on the right track.

[Terriergal]

It needs to go after the senior Palestinian leadership and go after them hard.

Tell me, did we or any other allied country ever go after Hitler per se? No, we fought the people of Germany (and the people who sided with him). We made a concerted effort to end the *war.* When the *people* and the *military* had been stressed more than enough by the war, the military leadership eventually turned against Hitler.