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| 2009-01-11 |
| Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza yesterday and planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as Palestinian militants fired at least 10 more rockets at Israel. Flames and smoke rose over Gaza City amid the heavy fighting. The Israeli threat to launch a "new phase" in its two-week-old offensive that has already killed more than 800 Palestinians came in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire. Israeli planes sent a cloud of white leaflets fluttering across the Gaza City skyline warning residents it would soon step up its war on Hamas and other militant groups. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 I think you don't see his question correctly. He's saying you either A) View Warsaw incorrectly, or B) View the Palestinian problem incorrectly. I suspect B. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-01-11 17:24 |
| #10 I don't think you gave enough thought to how we view Metzada & Warsaw Ghetto, MT/2. Anyways, I did say equalizer. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-11 16:52 |
| #9 Grom do you set out to lose? You're mistaking an opportunity for a tragedy. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-11 12:56 |
| #8 Keep it up Israel. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-11 10:24 |
| #7 Go IDF! |
| Posted by: Jumbo Clereting3454 2009-01-11 10:24 |
| #6 Haaretz and JPost both report that some Hamas units are low on ammo; others have lost enough personnel to be essentially ineffective. Hamas leaders are holed up in hospitals and some foreign counsels. |
| Posted by: mhw 2009-01-11 09:47 |
| #5 overwhelming Gaza's beleaguered medical facilities. I am sure that wasn't too fucking hard. They invest so heavily in medicine and education for their top notch doctors. |
| Posted by: PJ 2009-01-11 07:39 |
| #4 Wrong question Mike N. The right question is "Do Israelis recognize that it's Metzada/Warsaw Ghetto time again---only this time we've an equalizer?". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-11 03:04 |
| #3 We are seeing in Gaza, and have seen to lesser extent in Iraq and afghanistan, a change from war being impersonal to war being personal. Wage war and your house and (hopefully) your relatives houses will be bombed. Civilian causalties will in all likleyhood be your relatives. Terrorists are no longer fish swimming in the sea. They are fish with bright neon targets on their back. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-01-11 03:00 |
| #2 Question for Israeli Rantburgers. Do your politicians have the support neccessary to take Gaza and run a long term COIN op there? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-01-11 00:56 |
| #1 do not lift your boot off their throat as long as there is life in their eyes. a job half done is worse than never starting. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-01-11 00:47 |