I remember at the time asking what those on the loony left who criticised Israel thought the United States would have done if rockets had fallen on our northern towns and cities for just two days and the response was an overwhelming "we'd of bombed the crap out of Canada".
Israel is used to receiving such verbal and written attacks when it defends its people and the answer is simple for the Governments of Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and anyone else. Israel will not attack you if you do not attack her. But if you do enough, then Israel will come after you and will destroy you. Kinda sounds like how the United States is SUPPOSED to sound.
The operation of a year ago was largely successful and although there are still rocket and mortar attacks from inside Gaza into Israel, they are sporadic.
But Israel is also pro-active.
LISTEN UP UNITED STATES!
Yesterday Israeli jets attacked and destroyed two tunnels leading from Gaza into Israel which the air force says were going to be used by Islamic Jihadists to enter Israel and to carry out terror strikes. This coming just a few days after a march in Gaza demanding that Israel open its border with the Hamas controlled area so that the people of the area could enter Israel to work and buy stuff. It is almost comical. It would be like having a march here demanding that we open our borders so that members of Al Qieda could come in and go to Macys and Burger King.
In Egypt, the Government also recognizes just how dangerous these people are and in fact the authorities there shut down the march that was to happen on the streets of Cairo. If that isn't enough for you then, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank also cancelled a march that was supposed to take place.
I can tell you this. For REAL peace (you know, normal relations between nations), Israel would give up just about anything in terms of land. A solution for Jerusalem will need to be found, but that aside you are talking about a nation and a people that want nothing more than to live in peace. Israel accepted the original crazy UN proposal the split the country in 1948. The arabs didn't and invaded. Israel won! Israel was invaded on three sides in 1967 and won again. On the holiest day of the jewish year, Israel was invaded once more in 1973 and although that looked bleak for a while, Israel won again.
She will defend her people in the way the United States is supposed to defend us. But she will make real peace if she has a real partner to make peace with.
The problem is you have people who are not only willing to put kids in the front line, but delight in doing so. Who are willing to place rocket launchers in school yards and hospital parking lots. Who are willing to decapitate anyone who isn't a muslim and who want to see the complete destruction of the State of Israel and every Jew pushed into the sea.
My words? NO! It's in THEIR charter. And so until that changes, Israel will continue to do what she needs to do to defend her people and she could care less what the rest of the world thinks.
QUITE RIGHT!
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