http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/ Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:59:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5277 Spencer Ackerman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:06:50 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5277 <p>Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating the Gaza war by any stretch. (As I hope is clear from the last 36 hours’ worth of posts…) I prefer an internationally-imposed-and-enforced interim solution for Gaza at this point.</p> Don’t get me wrong, I’m not advocating the Gaza war by any stretch. (As I hope is clear from the last 36 hours’ worth of posts…) I prefer an internationally-imposed-and-enforced interim solution for Gaza at this point.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5276 NelsonAlgren Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:04:20 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5276 <p>But will Hamas ever stop? Sure, the rockets might get reduced from 10 a day to 2. Is that all Israel did it for? Surely there has to be a better way.</p> But will Hamas ever stop? Sure, the rockets might get reduced from 10 a day to 2. Is that all Israel did it for? Surely there has to be a better way.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5274 dosido Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:11:25 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5274 <p>Thanks Spencer for the excellent insights. I confess to massive amounts of ignorance regarding Israeli politics and the posts here certainly help me understand. I didn’t know about J Street and I’m glad to learn they are speaking out. Shalom.</p> Thanks Spencer for the excellent insights. I confess to massive amounts of ignorance regarding Israeli politics and the posts here certainly help me understand. I didn’t know about J Street and I’m glad to learn they are speaking out. Shalom.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5273 Spencer Ackerman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:06:17 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5273 <p>I’d contend that the specter of Lebanon ‘06 is the key factor here. Israeli policymakers consider Lebanon to have cost them a perception of strength among the Arab world; and without a credible deterrent, they fear constant attack. (And as ineffectual as the Qassams have been at killing Israelis, they have indeed been a constant barrage.) So the Lebanon Syndrome is their Vietnam Syndrome, and kicking it is a first-order priority.</p> I’d contend that the specter of Lebanon ‘06 is the key factor here. Israeli policymakers consider Lebanon to have cost them a perception of strength among the Arab world; and without a credible deterrent, they fear constant attack. (And as ineffectual as the Qassams have been at killing Israelis, they have indeed been a constant barrage.) So the Lebanon Syndrome is their Vietnam Syndrome, and kicking it is a first-order priority.

]]> http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5272 NelsonAlgren Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:57:06 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/12/30/peace-is-possible/#comment-5272 <p>Here is what I don’t get. What exactly does Israel hope to accomplish by this action? Obviously, it is uncomfortable having the rocket attacks as frequent as they were, but is the invasion and probable leveling of most of the Gaza Strip going to stop the attacks?</p> Here is what I don’t get. What exactly does Israel hope to accomplish by this action? Obviously, it is uncomfortable having the rocket attacks as frequent as they were, but is the invasion and probable leveling of most of the Gaza Strip going to stop the attacks?

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