Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
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"Effect of the Offensive in Doubt" The Washington Post asks if the Israeli defensive operations may not have been all that productive. Their evidence consists of Palestinian "activists" calling for more bombings.
However, many Israeli experts have acknowledged failures and holes in the operation that allowed some militants to escape. They admitted the effect on terrorist operations is likely to be short-lived and said those who were eliminated can soon be replaced.
Palestinians went further. They said the destruction and death from Israel's attacks will produce a groundswell of volunteers seeking revenge and ready to die in the effort. "Did they get some key players? Yes," said an activist from Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization who asked not to be named. "Will it stop the bombings? No. It will only bring more."
Isn't this what they said about Afghanistan. Our military operations were just going to drive more Afghanis to join the Taliban in resisting the US and coalition forces. They are kid enough to show us the concrete rsesults of Israeli actions:
More narrowly, the army wanted to sweep up those involved in attacks on Israel. Col. Miri Eisin, an army intelligence officer, estimated 70 percent of top, wanted Palestinians were seized or had died. Of a list of 33 wanted Palestinians prepared for U.S. negotiators, only eight are believed to be free...
Basically they say that there were gains, but Israel didn't complete the job. I don't think Israel ever claimed to have much more effect than this, so I don't understand where the doubt part comes in.
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