The inhabitants of Gaza deserve what they get, and they haven’t been punished enough yet.
Given a vote, they chose terrorist overlords instead of a government.
Given aid, those overlords chose aramaments and tunnels, all distributed through the most densley populated areas, instead of economic development.
Given sufficient provocation, Israel finally did what I have recommended all along – turn the point of origin of every hostile act into a smoking crater. The only thing they have failed to do is what the Arabs promised to do to Israel in 1948 – push them into the sea – that buffer zone of scorched earth is too small by 2/3.Let us not forget that in 1948, the Arab states surrounding Israel were SO confident that they would win any war that they encouraged Arab citizens of Israel to leave while the brief conflict raged, and then they would be able to reap the earthly version of the 72 virgins – stealing the houses and farms of their former Jewish neighbors upon their triumpahnt return.
Hah! Never trust a Muslim! How, exactly, did that departure work out for them? How swift was that victory?
Hmmm – the only time the Arabs gained any ground was when the Western powers twisted Israel’s arm into surrending parts of the the hard-won buffer zones (Golan Heights, West Bank, Gaza strip) for “peace”. Proving that they are inferior in trustworthiness even to communists, the terrorists who had infiltrated the so-called refugee settlements, continually siezed any offered olive branch, set it afire, and threw it back at Israel.
And what about all that brotherly love amongst Arabs, eh? After encouraging the Israeli Arabs to leave home in exchange for greater rewards after victory, what did those Arab nations do when victory failed to come in 1948, 1967, 1973…..? Why – let their brethren rot in squalor as a PR stunt. – Yup, there’s more brotherly love between gangbangers in Philadeplhia!
Why did the civilians not evacuate and let the military (militia) arm of Hamas take the heat? Because Hamas demanded that the civilians stay in the line of fire.
Hamas terrorized Israel, but didn’t actually hurt too many Israelis because Israel is diligent about defending its citizens. One of their [Hamas’] most spectacular successes was taking out an Israeli substation supplying electricity to 70,000 people – 70,000 Gaza residents, that is. Also notable was the wanton destruction of a field hospital that the IDF set up to treat Gazan casualities.
Remember, the Gazans CHOSE Hamas. That’s nearly as dumb as the USA choosing Obama a second time!
