A More Permanent Solution

 

 

"Without Israel's Iron Dome, the current missiles used by Hamas could have inflicted grave damage to many civilian areas in Israel..."

By now, most of us are thinking we have seen this movie before. An occasional rocket shot into Israel, followed by more and more. Then a spark to set things on fire. This year it was the kidnapping and murder of three innocent Israeli (one actually dual citizenship American) teenagers followed by a revenge killing of one Palestinian kid. Than all hell broke loose with dozens of rockets being shot at Israel every day.

As much as different Arab countries or tribes like to fight amongst themselves, NOTHING brings them together faster than one group or country having a dustup with Israel. As in previous years, Israel only takes so much of the rocket attacks before unleashing her army in a "boots on the ground" war. As many of us know, pound for pound, there are few armies on earth tougher than the IDF (Israel Defense Forces). To date, hundreds have been killed, mostly Palestinians.

Here are some facts what Israel puts up with. When a missile is launched, the sirens go off and people have to scurry to air raid shelters. Very disruptive, no matter which day of the week it is. Even though the Iron Dome can now take out 90% of the missiles fired, when a missile is neutralized, it does not just vanish into air. It falls to ground and still may do considerable damage. In addition, some missiles still get through. Finally, since Hamas is a proxy of Iran, newer and better missiles are being supplied all the time.

If Mexico became a terror state, and we had our southern cites bombarded by missiles (no matter how crude), even President Bystander would (I hope) take some action. We would neutralize the threat using any means possible. If it happened again and again, our people would be clamoring for a more permanent solution. And that is exactly what I think should happen in Gaza. They need to extract Hamas from the Palestinian Authority (PA) and re-legitimize the government. Once they do that, Israel needs to tell the PA that Israel does not want to occupy the West Bank - however they will if they have to.

Some American military experts beleive Hamas fighters are dirty street fighters with no heart. It has also been said they hide their munitions and launchers in schools, hospitals and mosques. They are hoping that Israel will take out some innocent women and children when neutralizing hidden launch areas. Israel hates that part of Hamas more than any other thing. I have during past incursions, Israel practices incredible restraint - much more than this country would. As for me, I stand with Israel. Let peace return to the Middle East. Israel deserves it as do innocent Palestinians.