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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (343155)	7/13/2007 5:03:10 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1574854

"Perhaps you'd like to suggest a more "nuanced" approach for Israel to deal with hundreds of rockets fired right into their own civilian areas?" Cluster bombs on civilian areas isn't one of them. They are an anti-personnel area weapon. Great against concentrations of enemy troops. Not so great against rockets being fired from unknown locations. The problem that Israel had was the Lebanese government wasn't really functioning in that area. So putting pressure on the government, which is what they were trying to do in essence, was bound to fail. The Lebanese government couldn't do anything. The only strategy that can work is to capture an area, isolate it, do house to house searches and then hold it while you move to the next area. The only problem is this is really expensive and takes a huge number of people. Other alternatives are more political in nature. Either working with the Lebanese government or getting the UN to help. A "hearts and minds" campaign might work, although it has a pretty bleak track record. But, realistically, there may not be all that much that Israel can do. As long as the local Lebanese population is willing to let Hamas and Hezbollah hide amongst them, Israel's options are limited. Attacking the civilians more or less randomly is not only bad PR, it also makes the Lebanese that much less likely to reject Hamas and Hezbollah.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (343155)	7/13/2007 7:33:06 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574854

>Remember that Hamas and Hezbollah WANT to kill civilians. They want to kill civilians on purpose because they think it will help them accomplish their goals. We want to accomplish our goals but need to kill civilians to do so, so we do, even if we'd rather not. It's not that different. -Z