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Originally posted by OperationIraqiFailure
Originally posted by dontreally
I think I understand Natanyahu's strategy now. When Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, they'll be having to worry about simultaneous attacks from Irans Shabab missiles, Hezbollah in the north and Hamas in the south. By getting rid of Hamas' missile capabilities and destroying their government facilities/training centers/bomb factories etc, Israel freed themselves from having to allocate military resources to attending to a southern barrage of missiles from Hamas.
Clever tactic. I don't see Israel entering Gaza for a ground offensive. They've done what they needed to do.
First and foremost, I don't support Hamas or Israeli foreign policy. I support and pray for the people of Israel and the civilians in Gaza to be safe.
That being said, Israel fired first and here's the earliest possible article I can find on the inter-webs.
Sorry to do this on your thread, but I'm tired of news companies lying to me and I'm tired of my own People believing one side of the story without researching the other.
Lima-1, out.edit on 21-11-2012 by OperationIraqiFailure because: grammar
14:35 GMT: The crackdown follows the recent escalation of violence in the region. The conflict broke out last week when Palestinian militants attacked at an Israeli military jeep. Israel responded with retaliatory attacks, to which the Gaza Strip replied with heavy rocket fire at southern Israel.
Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
Iran and Hamas have a common enemy, that enemy is Israel
Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
if Israel begins a war with Iran, it can rest assured that Hamas and other militant groups will strike it, opening a war on many fronts.
Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
It is very hard to fight a war on many fronts, though I don't doubt that if Israel were to engage in such a war America and other Western nations would rush to her aid.
Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
Israeli pacifism is crucial to world peace at this time because rival nations are so polarized; if they have an excuse to fight each other, the situation could quickly escalate into a world war.
Originally posted by dontreally
....They're building 3 more at 50 million apiece; it only needs a "few months" time to fully defend Israel's skies.
Although I agree that it performed extremely well. It intercepted 300 + incoming missiles. A 90% success rate.
Originally posted by dontreally
Israel had every right to take out Hamas' missile capabilities.
Originally posted by Shuye
Link 1 - Hamas commits war crimes, launching 600 rocket attacks on Israeli civilians: Where's the UN condemnation? (November 6, 2012)