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2006-07-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Update on Battle of Beit Lahiya
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Posted by Steve White 2006-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Thanks for the map!

The Palestinians got what they voted for: war with Israel.

Posted by 2b 2006-07-07 01:49||   2006-07-07 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Exactly, 2b. Seems to me that the Israelis should publicly challenge the Pals to guarantee the safety of southern Israel from attack, and when they of course balk/gag/fail to do so, Iz'rl declares it is establishing a security buffer in northern Gaza. Evacuate all the Pals there; no return of settlers; wire and mine the area and patrol it; vaporize infiltrators without hesitation. Make a weekly announcement of the current situation, the rationale for the buffer zone, and call on the Pals to guarantee no more acts of international aggression. Better than a cycle of withdrawals/interventions, and far more manageable than southern Lebanon (no populace).

Just an idea.
Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2006-07-07 02:36||   2006-07-07 02:36|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not a battle---it's vermin thinning.
Posted by gromgoru 2006-07-07 04:29||   2006-07-07 04:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Now the Israelis should quit screwing around and pretending it's an episode of 'COPS'. *They* should start issuing ultimatums that are totally under their control.

For example, announce that starting in the next few days, they will raze one Paleo town a day until their soldier is returned. Just drive the people out and bulldoze it flat.

If after a week, no response, then cover the site of each razed town with massive chunks of broken concrete, so it would be prohibitively expensive to both haul the concrete away and rebuild, thus destroying each town for good.

More than anything else, they should re-enact capital punishment. However, they should stay execution unless Israelis are killed. Then, in the order in which they were convicted, start executing prisoners. So say 10 Israelis are killed by a suicide bomber, then execute 10 Paleos from the top of the list. First come, first served.

Thus the Paleo convicts would rely on their Paleo brothers to keep them alive, begging and pleading from their prison cells for them not to kill Israelis.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-07 10:24||   2006-07-07 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Palestinian militants armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades battled Israeli helicopters and tanks Thursday in the bloodiest day since Israel invaded Gaza over a soldier's capture.

Damn, but they pack a lot of BS into just one sentence.

You've got the "militants," the AK-47s vs. choppers and tanks meme, Israel "invaded" and finally the "capture" of the soldier.

Reading this crap is too mentally draining sometimes.
Posted by Xbalanke 2006-07-07 12:07||   2006-07-07 12:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Like your thinking, moose.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-07 12:22||   2006-07-07 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Steve, thanks for the editing. I'm sure all here are aware of this, but most reports on this most recent conflict at least hint that the killed paleos are 'innocent'. It seems the way to filter it while reading is to assume if the media doesn't trumpet the innocent factor, the killed were probably holding at least an RPG. Even if the media do play the 'innocent' card, I have a hard time believing it anymore.
Posted by Unique Battle 2006-07-07 13:08||   2006-07-07 13:08|| Front Page Top

#8 I thought you already knew:

Innocent Civilian (n): Jihadist who forgot to change from civilian clothes to his black jammies in his haste to grab his RPG, AK-47, suicide belt, Kassam rocket or remote IED detonator and run off to fight the infidels while seething due to ignorance and societally ingrained hatred. Innocent Civilians are required by Sharia to stand behind human shields while firing off entire magazines from their weapon at random. Sharia law dictates that all Innocent Civilians, when martyred, must have all weapons removed from their cold, dead hands, and be dragged/moshed to the nearest Innocent Hospital where they will be declared dead and counted as 10 dead women and children by the Innocent Hospital Staff. The Innocent Civilian will then be carried aloft by a swarm to an unmarked grave, and the location is to be immediately forgotten so that any investigations as to their actual role in the combat cannot be investigated.
Posted by grb 2006-07-07 16:37||   2006-07-07 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Don't forget the important role played by the Innocent Civilian in Stategic Bunny and Duckling Production.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-07-07 16:42||   2006-07-07 16:42|| Front Page Top

#10 What grb sed.
Posted by 6 2006-07-07 16:57||   2006-07-07 16:57|| Front Page Top

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