Wedensday December 28, 2005

I've Been Thinking:

Israel's northernmost city, Kiryat Shmoneh was bombed by 6 katuysha rockets. Residents of the city spent two hours in their bomb shelters.
One of the bombs was a direct hit on a home.
In response to the terror bombings, Israel dispatched its air-force to bomb PFLP terrorist training bases.
Israel believes the PFLP was responsible for the attack.

Pay careful attention to the Israeli response.
Israel will use the same retaliatory method in dealing with Gaza.

After an attack Israel will locate and hit the nerve centers and planning centers for the attack. They will search out the people responsible for the attack and they will try to destroy the infrastructure, the planners and the attack leaders.

Contrary to the popular misunderstanding of Spielberg's Munich - this is not about vengeance.
It is not about retribution.
The real objective is to destroy the terrorist infrastructure.

Israel counter attacks to make terrorists realize that there is a hefty price to pay for attacking Israel. Israel is not like other Western countries, willing to roll over and absorb attacks against them. Israel attacks as a disincentive.