Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip and its drive to decapitate HAMAS came
as no surprise to the incoming Obama administration. After extensive
preparation the offensive launched during George Bush’s final days is
calculated to give Israel a one month window to decapitate HAMAS and
destroy enough of its military infrastructure to change the political
facts on the ground. What [...]
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Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers have taken their battle to the Internet. Israel posted video of its attacks on rocket launchers over the past five days on a new YouTube channel to try to show the world the threat against it. But YouTube temporarily yanked the clips on Tuesday after viewers, apparently supporters of Hamas, flagged it [...] The biggest flaw with our War on Terror is that we assume giving people the right to vote for their leaders will make them more peaceful. What nonsense. Since Palestinians were given the right to vote, they have elected Hamas as their leadership – a terrorist organization with explicit goals to destroy the [...] While we are busy starting wars, sworn enemies are seeking peace. It is no surprise that Hamas and Israel have been able to reach this tentative deal without interference from our government and way-over-her-head Secretary of State. Israel and the radical Islamic group Hamas have agreed on a truce to begin Thursday, Egypt’s state-owned news [...] 2006: “They’re (Hamas) the government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them, one way or another, and I understand why this administration and previous administrations had such antipathy towards Hamas because of their dedication to violence and the things that they not only espouse but practice, so . . . but [...] |
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