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Mowing the GrassReader comment on item: How Much Can Air Power Achieve? Submitted by Michael S (United States), May 29, 2015 at 03:53 Hi, Yuval You give a fair analysis, from someone who has to live in the shadow of Gazan rockets. During Israel's most recent "lawn mowing" of the Gazan rocket-weeds, I was hoping Israel would completely take over the territory, destroy the Gazan weapons and kill or imprison its soldiers. I can see now, that would have been a costly operation in terms of Israeli lives and money, and would have been followed by an israeli withdrawal and a quick return to the pre-war situation. As long as the Americans and Europeans side with Gaza and prop them up with a steady influx of cash rewards for their bad behavior, Israel is continually at a disadvantage. What Netanyahu did, therefore, bombing them to relative quietness and then ceasing fire, seems to have turned out to be the best policy. This reminds me of something from Orwell's "1984":
The Muslims seem, for the most part, like children who keep on getting scalded by putting their hands on hot burners, yet they never learn not to do it. As long as they persist, I can't see any end in sight to their current plight. Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments". Reader comments (24) on this item
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