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February 17, 2008
Gaza: Ground Invasion High Alert
Seraphic Secret believes that a ground invasion of Gaza is unwise and unnecessary. Israel can accomplish more by cutting power and fuel to Gaza and then mounting an air campaign against this terrorist entity.
We fear that a ground offensive will result in far too many IDF casualties, and that no matter how hard the Jewish State tries to minimize civilian Arab casualties, this humanitarian gesture will inevitably boomerang into typical Jew-hating propaganda.
Just as America wisely chose not to invade the Japanese mainland in the closing months of World War II, knowing that the human cost would be too high, and thus ended the war with two bombs, Israel should make the same determination with the genocidal entity of Gaza.
Israel'smilitary has drafted plans for a large-scale ground invasion of Gaza to topple Hamas and destroy its military infrastructure.
As Israeli forces go on high alert after the killing of Hezbollah's senior guerrilla commander Imad Mughniyah last week, prime minister Ehud Olmert and defence minister Ehud Barak are coming under pressure to act to stop rocket attacks from the Islamic militants on southern Israel.
Fears of giving away too much detail have led to Barak warning media outlets not to publish specifics, but sources close to the government confirmed that if the go-ahead was given for a large-scale operation to take place, it would involve "a highly significant number of ground troops".
Sources told Scotland on Sunday: "The military leadership is telling the political leadership: 'If you send us to war, let us fight'."
"There would be no pussy-footing this time around," one source said. "There's much debate as Olmert doesn't want a large-scale military operation, but since he also doesn't want to negotiate directly with Hamas, there will come a time when he will need to give the go-ahead."
Hat Tip: Weasel Zippers. To read the entire story, please click here.
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Denmark Stands up to Iran And so do their newspapers, which is a lot more than we can say for the gutless MSM in America.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at February 17, 2008 12:57 PM
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