I'm Glad to See Israel Finally Growing a Pair

I saw on the news today that the Palestinian shiek that found out the hard way what happens when you run afoul of an Apache attack helicopter is but the first of many terrorist leaders who's now on the Israeli's most wanted deck-o-cards. And the face next to his is Arafat's. I've been waiting for the Israelis to finally wake up to the fact that there is no negotiating with terrorists. You kill them. And it looks like they have finally awoken to that fact.

I also love the fact that a lot of the POSs on that deck of cards are now talking about how many kids they're recruiting to be suicide bombers. I don't imagine any of them have considered strapping on some TNT for the cause. And I think the threats against the US are great also. You know the rest of the Middle East leadership are not looking forward to a direct military confrontation with Israel, and pi$$ing off George W. Bush is the last thing in the World they're going to want any part of. I can see a lot of righteous indignation coming from the other countries in the Middle East (and France of course) but little else. Palestinian terrorists are going to be pretty surprised to discover how many real friends they have, and it ain't going to be many.

I wonder how long it will be before the head rat, Arafat, bails out on his beloved homeland and people for the safety of Paris.

[Petter Solberg]

Israel has always has always had a huge pair. The US has always had a big influence on Israels affairs, not allowing for actions such as what took place yesterday.

[Toxick]

Originally posted by Bruzilla
I've been waiting for the Israelis to finally wake up to the fact that there is no negotiating with terrorists. You kill them. And it looks like they have finally awoken to that fact.

Anyone know what the U.S.'s official position on this is? Instead of taking notes, and formulating our own mission plan, or are we denouncing this behavior? I haven't seen anything, and don't have much time to peruse the news this morning.

(God I hope we're not denouncing the destruction of terrorist leadership.)


I wonder if Arafat's sphincter is bruised from clenching non-stop for 48 straight hours. He's gotta know he's next.

[SmallTown]

"The international community roundly condemned the killing, while Israel's most important ally, the United States, criticized the move as a hindrance to peace but stopped short of condemning it."

from cnn...

[SmallTown]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0040322-4.html

[Toxick]

Originally posted by SmallTown
"The international community roundly condemned the killing, while Israel's most important ally, the United States, criticized the move as a hindrance to peace but stopped short of condemning it."

from cnn...

Thanks.


And thanks for the Whitehouse link. I'll probably read that at lunchtime

[vraiblonde]

You know what's funny? We get all bent out of shape having to ask the UN permission to defend ourselves, especially when they say "no". But isn't that what we do to Israel?

Dunno - who knows what goes on behind the scenes. Maybe Bush and Sharon are in major cahoots and Bush is only criticizing him for show.

[Warron]

Israel has been doing the same thing every few years for the last 50 years and it has not got them anything yet. None of those so called leaders have ever had any real influence over the ones doing the bombing including Arafat. All killing them does is remove the few interfaces the outside world has within the palestinian community. Israel kills their people and then they kill Israelis and the world goes around as always.

I think that one need look no further than Arafat's reaction to the Israeli invasion of his compound to see that this tactic would be effective if it's properly utilized. Arafat went from "My life for Allah!" to "Hello, this is Arafat. Tell Mr. Powell I need to talk to him NOW! I'll take any offer the Israelis make, just don't let them kill me!" the minute the Jews started shooting their way in. He went from speaking on the streets to hiding under his desk (literally) in seconds.

If the Israelis are serious about this approach, and continue the quick and efficient extermination of the terrorist leadership, you'll quickly see a real drop in volunteers to be in charge of anything that even remotely resembles a terrorist group. Israel will take hits from the International community and from hard-core fanatics, but what else is new.

[Warron]

>>He went from speaking on the streets to hiding under his desk (literally) in seconds. <<

Once again your talking about Arafat's reaction, not the reaction of those doing the bombing. If Arafat has ever had any direct connection to those doing the bombing, it was a long long time ago. As I said before, Israel has been bombing and executing palestinians and their leaders for the last 50 years, yet the bombs still go off weekly. How many years of doing the exact same thing, with no results, does it take before people stop praising you for it?