What the Gaza war meant for Israel
aljazeera.net
16-Jan-2010 (one comment)

 "If it were up to me I would close the water and electricity [to Gaza] until they return Gilad. Let them starve and die."

He says he opposes a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas. "I'd rather Shalit die there than do a deal with Hamas.

"It's not about one soldier's life. It's about deterrence. They need to understand with whom they are dealing. Our deterrence was damaged after the second Lebanon war. Now we got it back."

 

Indeed many Israelis were more concerned about 'teaching the other side a lesson' by using overwhelming force, than with the hundreds of dead civilians and the devastating destruction of infrastructure.

For the Israeli political leadership, military and much of the Israeli public, the Gaza war, as Israelis refer to it, was about scaring the other side into submission, so that it will not dare to hurt Israel again. And, many believe, that was what Israel succeeded in doing.

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AsteroidX

I know...

by AsteroidX on Mon Jan 18, 2010 07:03 AM PST

but this news should please you: "Holocaust Denier Now in Charge of Iranian Press"

//www.frumforum.com/holocaust-denier-now-in-charge-of-iranian-press

Mohammad Ali Ramin, who is said to have shaped the views of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on the Holocaust, has been appointed deputy culture minister for media affairs. Ahmadinejad has called the Holocaust a "myth."

Ramin hasn’t just repeatedly said that Jews invented the Holocaust, he has also said (sounding quite like Hitler) that “everyone knows Jews are filthy people who have spread lethal disease throughout history.”

How proud we should be as Iranians that we have put the likes of Ahmadinejad and this man in charge. And the likes of you to come here and tell us that we are wrong and all is well with Iran.


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