Gaza Invasion Is Likely, Israeli Official Says.

[elleng]

Source: nyt

TEL AVIV — A senior Israeli military official said Wednesday the likelihood of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was “very high,” and that “if you want to efficiently fight terrorism you must be present, boots on the ground.”

The official, who has been briefing Israeli ministers who make strategic decisions, said his assessment was based on “the signals I get” and the diminishing returns of aerial bombardment after nine days. He said an Israeli takeover of Gaza is “not a huge challenge,” estimating it would take “a matter of days or weeks,” but that preventing a more dangerous devolution in the coastal enclave would require an occupation “of many months.”

“Every day that passes makes the possibility more evident,” the official told a handful of international journalists in a briefing at the military’s Tel Aviv headquarters. “We can hurt them very hard from the air but not get rid of them.” He spoke on the condition of anonymity under military protocol.

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[KamaAina]

1. Ruh-roh, Rorge!

[azurnoir]

2. well if true it sounds like the return of Gush Katif may be forthcoming n/t

[Rhinodawg]

3. Too bad Hamas didnt agree to a cease fire.

But then, they are so full of hate, they will put their own people in harms way.

[fireflysky46]

4. So the Russian are not giving the choice to the Palestinian people.

The Hamas, who protect his missiles with real people, will be responsible for hundred of Palestinian's death, just because they want to prove their impact to the Kremlin.

[rollin74]

5. Hamas is inflicting so much damage on the people of Gaza

with these rocket attacks and getting so little return from it

it's like they keep poking themselves in the eye in an effort to gain sympathy

[Rhinodawg]

7. Sympathy is over.

they are going to be begging for a cease fire.

[Fozzledick]

9. I hate to belabor the obvious, but that is just what they are doing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/113469388

[Rhinodawg]

18. They expected the UN to come running.

now, no one GAS about them.

[elleng]

10. Right, that makes a lot of sense:

'A senior Israeli military official said Wednesday the likelihood of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip was “very high,” and that “if you want to efficiently fight terrorism you must be present, boots on the ground.”'

[Rhinodawg]

11. FUCK Hamas ...murderous thugs.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/113465696#post1

I didn't know if I could say it until I looked it up.

[fireflysky46]

6. Hamas head with Putin

Russia to continue ties with Hamas

http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-mashaal-to-make-diplomatic-trip-to-moscow/

[ballyhoo]

8. What's going to happen becomes clearer....

Also why Putin has been pausing in Ukraine. Sun Tzu wrote about this many times.

[fireflysky46]

12. Putin Practiced His Ukraine Strategy in Syria

Putin Practiced His Ukraine Strategy in Syria | Opinion | The Moscow Times themoscowtimes.com/opinion/articl… via @MoscowTimes

http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Russia-to-continue-ties-with-Hamas

[defacto7]

13. As I have said in other posts concerning the present crisis,

There are plenty of ideological groups who wanted a war... plenty on both sides and others on the outside.

I still don't see this as something that wasn't planned. Isis is certainly high on that list as well as many Christian extremists looking for Armageddon and willing to pay for it. That's not even to mention the Jewish and Islamic extremists who see a religious uprising in their myths. How could it possibly have come to this if there was reason in the minds of the participants?

It's all wrong.

[Rhinodawg]

15. And Egypt gets a free pass .

They could not care less about the plight of the Palestinians...except A WALL.

on edit>>>MAKE THAT 3 WALLS AND A BARBED WIRE FENCE

[DeSwiss]

16. Well, here come Nutty-Yahoo's goddamned baby murderers! n/t