Wow. Kidnap one guy and they do this? Will Hamas think twice the next time about doing something like this? It had better.
Mazel tov, IAF!
Today electricity, tomorrow water. Free Shalit.
No, they are not capable of rational thought.
I will admit ignorance of some of the specifics, but something just hit me:
Imagine you have a terrorist organization that is operating within your country. Because they are within your country, they are kind of hard to attack and root out. And in an age of political correctness, even though you know they enjoy the support of entire neighborhoods and towns, you just can’t really attack entire communities because it is really a “police action” sort of thing.
Now imagine that you slice off a chunk of your country and give it to these people. They then elect this same organization as the leader of their country. At that point, the next time they do you harm, you are now at war with their country and can attack their country with impunity.
In a sense you have put all the rotten apples in one barrel and have international law behind you to “clean house”.
The reason I came up with this is that I noticed that Israel has been finally handling this with the Iron Fist they have needed for some time. It is as if they believe something has empowered them to do it right.
Thoughts?