tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post443174690564652924..comments2024-03-18T19:39:32.100-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Obama Lends a Hand to HamasGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-81574694055116124982014-07-24T05:35:33.608-06:002014-07-24T05:35:33.608-06:00C.,
While I sympathize with the idea of wiping ou...C.,<br /><br />While I sympathize with the idea of wiping out Hamas with explosives, the extent of the tunnel network is (a) mostly unknown and (b) known to pass beneath Israeli homes and kindergardens. No quick tactical solutions here.<br /><br />But you are on the money regarding how the leftists treat the use of retaliatory force.<br /><br />Stephen,<br /><br />Given the past history of this administration and the very long history of pushing for peace talks no matter what by this and many other administrations, I think the calls are sincere, as foolish as they are.<br /><br />Gus Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-91682204749872588192014-07-24T05:35:31.657-06:002014-07-24T05:35:31.657-06:00C.,
While I sympathize with the idea of wiping ou...C.,<br /><br />While I sympathize with the idea of wiping out Hamas with explosives, the extent of the tunnel network is (a) mostly unknown and (b) known to pass beneath Israeli homes and kindergardens. No quick tactical solutions here.<br /><br />But you are on the money regarding how the leftists treat the use of retaliatory force.<br /><br />Stephen,<br /><br />Given the past history of this administration and the very long history of pushing for peace talks no matter what by this and many other administrations, I think the calls are sincere, as foolish as they are.<br /><br />Gus Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-65944333370094543442014-07-23T12:09:50.865-06:002014-07-23T12:09:50.865-06:00Gus,
I think that both the calls of the US for im...Gus,<br /><br />I think that both the calls of the US for immediate ceasefire and the agreement of the Israeli's to a ceasefire proposal by Egypt are predicated on the sure bet that Hamas will not be accepting any ceasefire until they are about out of rockets. In other words, these two calls for ceasefire are window dressing while the Israeli's (with our annual weapons funding) gets the job done.<br /><br />StephenStephen Boydstunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03727065551148234716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-80407047598915208382014-07-23T08:03:20.363-06:002014-07-23T08:03:20.363-06:00Hi Gus,
Just one more point, this one about tacti...Hi Gus,<br /><br />Just one more point, this one about tactics. Were I the Israelis, I would begin to pump a neutral mixture of CH4 and O2 into the tunnels, calculating the volume required for full structural saturation, and then, "Ignition!"<br /><br />In one swoop you destroy the encroaching terrorist infrastructure and their staff locations. If you're really lucky you get the terrorist staff themselves. If not, you drive them to the surface where they can be dispatched by other means. <br /><br />One wonders if the 3 Israeli teens killed by Hamas when they couldn't take them alive had their deaths facilitated by just such tunnel access to the interior of Israel. Notice how the initiatory killings of those Israelis has somehow fallen off of the Leftist Media radar. (As an additional data point for my previous post.)<br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-47827668775143312992014-07-23T07:54:03.635-06:002014-07-23T07:54:03.635-06:00Hi Gus,
I find it quite illuminating that Obama, ...Hi Gus,<br /><br />I find it quite illuminating that Obama, Kerry and Hillary Clinton and all their Leftist ilk never call for a cease-fire when the unending barrage of rockets from Hamas are flying. They only call for one when Israel, at long last, defends itself. <br /><br />This is a window into the 'morality' of the Left. Like those paragons of justice, the public school teachers who ignore the predation of the school bully, but rush to declare their "zero tolerance for violence" at the first hint of a student defending themself, so the predations of the devout Muslims passes without notice; only an attempt to defend oneself against their initiatory violence is worthy of condemnation. Notice how the "violence" of the Israeli response is universally condemned while the violence of the initiation of force by Hamas disappears into the media ether. <br /><br />This moral inversion is not accidental. It is the inevitable outcome of any collectivist dogma that clearly sees individualism as its own arch enemy.<br /><br />c. andrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com