Comments on: Israel looks to play game changer in its war with Hamas

By: Charles S.

Charles S. — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:36:09 +0000

Thanks for the run down. I thought it was pretty informative and accurate.

Nice site too!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:58:18 +0000

Interesting, I hadn’t thought about the election aspect.

The Israelis are tired of giving up ground and giving in to international demands only to have that ground occupied by Syrian and Iranian supplied rockets.

Nope, I think they will do their best to rub out Hamas. The big question is how will the world react if the escalation contributes to civilian deaths. How will the Obama administration monitor the conflict?

Thanks for dropping by, Mike.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:21:59 +0000

Jason,

I think your last sentence sums it up, greatly, Israel learned from the 2006 Lebanon invasion. I do not think they are underestimating Hamas, like they did Hiz.

Also, with elections a little more than 5 weeks away Olmert doesn’t want to be perceived as weak. He will carry out the invasion forcefully, and I assume, very decisively. The ground game is coming, it’s just a matter of when.