Morgan:
Saul has the right idea. Wars are won by crushing the enemy's will to resist or by rendering it impossible for resistance to be a viable option. The U.S. has forgotten all the lessons of the 1930's and 1940's as well and thus has failed to win decisively in most conflicts from Korea to Iraq. For Israel to be secure, Hezbulla and the lot of Arab-Palestinian "resistance organizations" must be fully destroyed by a massive and complete effort. Syria must pay for it's continued support of terrorists and Iran must be nuetralised (maybe with U.S. help?). The Lebanon war last year revealed vacillation and weakness and accomplished little for the long term.
Yeshiva:
Shai, instead of be worrying about any small issue like that you better start worrying about the WHEN (not IF) Jews, and Israel, start REALLY HITTING BACK!
Asians - an others - will have to move back to where they come from! That's a thing that WILL happen! You, nor those closest allies of Israel, will be able to stop or prevent that. THAT'S what's already going on, and we are well into the phase running up to War. Big War!!
And this time it will be BIG!!! BIGGER than before! Hopefully that War aswell can be limited to the Middle East, and perhaps the Arab Peninsula aswell, but there isn't any guarantee that it will be limited to that region alone. It is already a fact that worldwide people - who are either pro or against the one, or the other, and have chosen side, in this - are that (emotionally) involved in a War that they (too) see as theirs that it will be a MIRACLE, if that war limits itself to just the Middle East!
Likely (or probably) it will extend in no time, to the different parts of the world where this issue already is Main Issue for many Religious Zealots. That does include the Usa and Europe aswell.
For in both countries there are Islam Fundamentalists who already - while it is still a sort of Cold War - they are doing all they can to get other people involved in this as well. They try and they're more and more successful in an attempt to make people choose side too.
Alf Red:
About the "short hand" - it is not the Army's failure, it is all due to politicos at the top. Kassam-builder Ahmed could've been dealed with very simply and easily. But Olmert and others before him preffered to sit in the corner shielding head with both hands and loudly crying oi-vey! instead of giving the Ahmed his full due and throwing him out of our Jewish National Home back to Arabia where he richly belongs!
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