NATIONAL SECURITY ROUNDTABLE: OPERATION “WE’RE NOT TAKING IT ANYMORE”
http://nsroundtable.org/as-we-see-it/operation-not-taking-it-anymore/
In response to hundreds of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip by Hamas and Islamic Jihad into southern Israel, Israel has begun a military campaign named “Operation Pillar of Defense.”
You can read about it below, but here are some things to keep in mind:
The Israeli government “instructed the Foreign Ministry to begin a diplomatic public relations campaign to explain that Israel was acting in self-defense against military targets, because the continued rocket barrage had become intolerable.”
♦ Why should Israel focus on a public relations campaign now? Because the so-called civilized world thinks it’s normal for a country (in particular, Israel) to endure hundreds of rockets lobbed on to its civilian population. Since it’s Israel, watch the UN Security Council kick into action pronto…
“The prime minister [of Israel] thanked Obama and Biden for taking the position that Israel had a right to defend itself.”
♦ How absurd that Israel needs to thank Obama and Biden for taking a position it has a right to defend itself? That’s probably because Israel has learned that when dealing with these two gentlemen, one has to define deviancy down. [As a side note, Israel should remember to send a special thank-you note to 69% of American Jews who voted to re-elect Messrs. Obama and Biden.]
Egypt condemned Israel’s actions (as did other Arab countries) and recalled its ambassador.
♦ Unfortunate, although Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood should heed Israel’s message “to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.” As for the other Arab countries, well, perhaps they should direct their heartfelt humanitarianism to Syria, where tens of thousands of Syrian citizens have been massacred by the ruling regime.
“The IDF warned all terrorists in Gaza to remain underground if they wished to live.” ♦ Our only question is WHY?!
Hamas warned that “the gates of hell had opened.” ♦ We call on Israel to keep the gates open until it can clear hell OUT.
Hamas’ weapons storage sites are deliberately located in civilian residential buildings. ♦ This is common practice in the Arab/Muslim world. The US military has experienced it, as has Israel. How to stop it? Maybe by exercising as much care for these “civilian populations” as Hamas and Islamic Jihad do?
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