Comments on: The Israeli Assault on Gaza: How Surgical Are the Strikes? http://world.time.com/2012/11/19/the-israeli-assault-on-gaza-how-surgical-is-surgical/ International Headlines, Stories, Photos and Video Sat, 25 May 2013 12:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: marcy http://world.time.com/2012/11/19/the-israeli-assault-on-gaza-how-surgical-is-surgical/#comment-5277 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:53:13 +0000 http://world.time.com/?p=55112#comment-5277 Reblogged this on My Name is Marcy and commented:
“You talk about surgical strikes,” the Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood said to a senior Israeli official at a news conference in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon. “I’ve actually just come here straight from Gaza, and the idea that the strikes are surgical is, um, not quite accurate.

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]]> By: ottoborden http://world.time.com/2012/11/19/the-israeli-assault-on-gaza-how-surgical-is-surgical/#comment-5276 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:39:43 +0000 http://world.time.com/?p=55112#comment-5276 Reblogged this on Towards A Secular America and commented:
I’m always so torn as to what to think of these situations. The Palestinians do, without a doubt, us civilians as military shields for the bases they launch rockets from. It’s also the case that the Palestinians do purposefully target Israeli civilians. So what choice does Israel have but to inflict so called “collateral damage”?

Yet the Israeli army is too powerful and technologically capable for Hamas to challenge directly. So, I think, it attacks Israeli civilians in an attempt to demoralize the people and government and sure up their own base.

Both sides seem to be pursuing a strategy that leads to stalemate.

I think it’s more likely that Israel has undertaken Operation Defensive Pillar to strengthen its position with regard to Iran. With Obama’s reelection the likelihood of an American led offensive against Iranian nuclear ambitions is significantly diminished. A strike on Iran would result in Hamas firing rockets and missiles into Jerusalem. Israel may be preparing to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities by crippling the response of Iran’s ally Hamas.

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