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To: TimF who wrote (4288)	1/2/2009 1:32:12 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Proportionate Response [Jonah Goldberg] Just a random question: how come the people complaining about disproportionate responses never protest when Israel trades a couple hundred Palestianian prisoners for the dead bodies of one or two Israeli soldiers? Don't answer, 'twas rhetorical. corner.nationalreview.com Some Moderate Proposals [Victor Davis Hanson] 1) Request that 50% of Israel's air-to-ground missiles be duds to ensure greater proportionality. 2) Allow Hamas another 1,000 free rocket launches to see if they can catch up with the body count. 3) Have Israeli soldiers congregate in border barracks so that Hamas's random rockets have a better chance of killing military personnel, to ensure it can claim at least a few military targets. 4) Redefine "holocaust" to refer to deaths of terrorists in numbers under 400 to give greater credence to Hamas's current claims. 5) In the interest of fairness, allow Hamas to establish both the date that war is supposed to begin and the date when it must end. 6) Send Israeli military advisers to Hamas to improve the accuracy of their missiles. 7) Take down the barriers to return to Hamas a fair chance of getting suicide bombers back inside Israel. corner.nationalreview.com Partisan Split on Israel [Jonah Goldberg] From Rasmussen: Sixty-two percent (62%) of Republicans back Israel’s decision to take military action against the Palestinians, but only half as many Democrats (31%) agree. A majority of Democrats (55%) say Israel should have tried to find a diplomatic solution first, a view shared by just 27% of Republicans. While 75% of Republicans say Israel is an ally of the United States, just 55% of Democrats agree. Seven percent (7%) of Democrats say Israel is an enemy of America, but only one percent (1%) of Republicans say the same. For 21% of Republicans, Israel is somewhere in between, and 28% of Democrats agree. I do like the bit about how Israelis should have "tried a diplomatic solution first." This is a classic example of ideological knee-jerkery substituting for information. Hamas launched (or permitted to be launched) 6,464 rockets into Israel over the last three years. Israel did little to nothing but try "diplomatic solutions." corner.nationalreview.com