lefarkins.blogspot.com - 12/30/2008
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To be clear, I think that the Israeli air campaign against Gaza will end up being destructive, and, from a political point of view, pointless at best. That said, the Israeli attacks thus far have NOT been indiscriminate ; civilian casualties are inevitable in any such campaign, especially as ...
haaretz.com - 12/30/2008
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haaretz.com —
Three days into Operation Cast Lead, Israel is
proposing a diplomatic exit. A ground operation likely looms...
in an effort to increase the pressure on Hamas. At the same time, however, others argue that the air force is close to exhausting its target ...
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ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground ...
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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jpost.com —
Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on
Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation...
in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ...
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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...
nypost.com - 12/29/2008
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nypost.com —
Last updated: 1:15 am December 29, 2008 Posted:
1:08 am December 29, 2008 DEAD Jews aren't news,...
but killing terrorists outrages global activists. On Saturday, Israel struck back powerfully against its tormentors. Now Israel's the villain. Again. How ...
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DAMNED IF THEY DO - New York Post
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The Evil and the Foolish
The Moderate Voice —
... for the same reason the first trap does: it argues along the axis of why Israel shouldn’t be seen as an evildoer, by comparing to other nation’s facing the same dilemma. But this misses the point. The proper frame for looking at Israel’s response isn’t whether, in some cosmic sense, it is “justified” in attacking Gaza this way. The proper frame is asking “is this attack going to accomplish anything?” LGM’s own military expert, Robert Farley, gives four reasons to be skeptical that anything good will come out of ...
Israel vs Hamas: Beyond right, wrong, smart, and stupid
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... war in Gaza, trying to push beyond some of the slogans to find better ground. He easily dispenses with the asinine “proportionality” argument and rejects the right vs wrong equation, preferring to ask whether Israel has acted wisely in their actions: The proper frame for looking at Israel’s response isn’t whether, in some cosmic sense, it is “justified” in attacking Gaza this way. The proper frame is asking “is this attack going to accomplish anything?” LGM’s own military expert, Robert Farley , gives four reasons to be skeptical that anything good will come out of Israel’s ...
More on the Gaza Conflict
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... Robert Farley at LGM does a good job of spelling out the basic issues in the current Israel-Hamas conflict that I was getting at, albeit more briefly, in my ...
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