From: "Rich Gauszka" 

That's what I see - hardliners in the ascendancy, improvement of weapons
and no one in leadership desirous of peace. It looks like hate will win out
in the region with the reward being pain, suffering and death for all
sides.

I hope I'm wrong


"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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> It has been escalating for several years and unfortunately the hard liners
> have been in the ascendancy. I wonder if there can be a peaceful solution
> now. I really wonder if the Israeli government has lost their collective
> minds. I can understand the need for a strong military and the need to be
> seen as strong, however rubbing the Arabs nose in it doesn't strike me as
> a good idea for long term peace and security.
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44e4fa7a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I'm not sure about the less thuggish though ( I presume you mean the
>> Israelis )  . When the Israelis had their first soldier kidnapped they
>> cut electricity and water to Gaza ( 1.3 million people ). That's like the
>> Detroit Police cutting off water and electricity to Detroit and all it's
>> surrounding suburbs if an officer got shot. That response was well beyond
>> thuggish.
>>
>> Unfortunately for the Israelis their non-nuclear weapons no longer
>> command the overwhelming advantage that they had been accustomed to in
>> the previous decades. With the current leaders in the area there's
>> probably a better chance for a lot of sand turning into glass in the
>> region than peace
>>
>>
>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
>> news:44e4f0a0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> That's a good description. I do consider one side a bit more thuggish
>>> than the other but wonder what in the hell the Israeli government was
>>> ( and is) thinking. They definitely targeted many non Hezbollah targets.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:44e4e429$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Nope - one blames the one that uses the weapons
indiscriminately. Quite
>>>> frankly I just see a bunch of thugs going at each other
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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