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The Good Fight in Gaza
Weekly Standard Blog — ... , the war against Hezbollah in 2006 did succeed in stopping the rocket fire on Israel's northern border -- at least for the time being. The problem was not solved permanently, and that was indeed a tremendous and unfortunate failure. But as Jeffrey Goldberg writes, the goal here is not the destruction of Hamas -- that doesn't seem possible at this point -- but for the Israeli government to fulfill its fundamental obligation to its citizens: " ...

Israeli sources: Hamas’s capabilities have hardly been dented
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... at TNR sees two objectives potentially: A limited operation designed to force Hamas into conceding greater Israeli supervision of the weapons tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, or an all-out war to dislodge Hamas, which is both unlikely and opens up the knotty question of who would take over. ...

The Siege Of Gaza: Blog Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Normal blogging will resume on Monday, but the Gaza siege and bombardment brings the new year early. Here's a big round-up from the left, right, and various parts of the center. Goldblog's various posts are worth checking out. Here he is talking about whether Israel can break the will of Hamas: Maybe momentarily. But Hamas will find ways to regain its "honor." Usually, this means exploding buses. The even deeper question: Can Israel force the overthrow of the Hamas government in Gaza? I'm not sure why Israel ...

1/5: 2009, Off To A Rocky Start
Blogometer — ... and at least Richardson is bowing out before Congress returns and well in advance of confirmation hearings. [...] I suppose the RNC and Fox News will try to raise a fuss, but in general, I suspect most of the political world won't care much at all. It's no doubt annoying to the transition office -- some vetters will get a stern talking to -- but in the bigger picture, Richardson's withdrawal seems like little more than a speedbump." THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Can Israel Really Remove Hamas? The Atlantic 's Jeffrey Goldberg : "'Can Israel break the will of Hamas?' a reader asks. The ...