Friday, January 2, 2009

Tzipi Livni, Israel Foreign Minister wants to weaken Hamas in Gaza

I take it the Israel is clear in itself as it continue to bomb Gaza following rockets that killed Israelites in the south of the country but the intensity of Israel’s firepower will only serve to strengthen or excuse Muslim and other extremists to go on the offensive as well.

The principled use of fire to attack and counter-attack, whether in the name of self-defence or national security, seems backward by the day.

Clearly the world needs to find a better way to fight battles such as the war on terror. As with his father, President George W. Bush depended heavily on the military to do so and after a while this looked like an outdated way of going about the business of rooting out terror.

It seems like fighting fire with fire suit the terrorist much better.

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