by Nikitas » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:50 pm
The Israelis lost a sense of proportion on this one and shot themselves in the foot. Sure there were rocket attacks in the last six months, and they did cause some damage and a few deaths, less than six. The response was in total disproportion, it was timed to occur at a time when the USA is in presidential transition, it was stopped 48 hours before the new president takes office.
This time the CYNICAL approach was transparent. But this time it was made infinitely worse by that idiotic apology by the Israeli PM.
What would it have cost the Israelis to let the women and all males under 15 to exit Ghaza? They did not and in the words of the UN rep in Ghaza this was the first combat in which the civilians were imprisoned in the combat area.
Imprisoning people in their own lands seems to have become an Israeli specialty, just look at those idiotic checkpoints in the West Bank. A journey that should take 20 minutes becomes a day long affair meant to make life impossible and presumably lead the Palestinians to leave. Again, typically cynical work.
Now as to God giving the place to the Israelis, Free Spirit you should have a second read of the Bible. I recall promises for the land where they would find cisterns full of water and flowering vineyards, and the obvious question is what was to happen to the folks that built the cisterns and planted the vineyards.
This chosen people lark wont wash anymore. Try another one.
