From: "Robert G Lewis" 

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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