Israel’s Goals in Gaza?

New York Times by Thomas L. Friedman | Jan. 14, 2009 (Opinion)

Israel’s military was not focused on the morning after the war in Lebanon — when Hezbollah declared victory and the Israeli press declared defeat. It was focused on the morning after the morning after, when all the real business happens in the Middle East. That’s when Lebanese civilians, in anguish, said to Hezbollah: “What were you thinking? Look what destruction you have visited on your own community! For what? For whom?” Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jan 15, 2009 - 11:24 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Alfredo Dominguez III (review), George Blahusiak (review)
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 15, 2009
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George Blahusiak
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 by George Blahusiak - Jan. 16, 2009

Waste of time. If Friedman can't get basic facts straight how can we expect that his analysis is good? And it isn't. Education as a goal? Pardon? Bombing people into submision is the way to educate people? And Lebanon didn't start the war in 2006. It was clearly started by Israeli border crossings into Lebanon. On the whole, not worth wasting time on unless one is interested in how we got into this mess.

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 by Alfredo Dominguez III - Jan. 15, 2009

I would not want to be "educated" by this story.

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