Your comments don’t make sense, especially the following lines:

if using hardline, high tech military tactics against terrorism worked, Israel would’ve crushed Palestinian resistance by now.

If the Palestinian people are resisting an illegal occupation of their own mother land then how do you define that as terrorism? Throughout history stories and evidence has existed that a nation which has been illegally invaded naturally would have grown a resistance group. Take the French history, or the British rule over India. A resistance group cannot be a terrorist group but rather a group to win back their freedom in their own land.

My point is that until you don’t make up your mind and recognize the definition of terrorist groups and freedom (resistance) fighters, you will still be indulged in a confused understanding of the current conflict in Middle East.

And what does Israel have to show for countless years of military opposition to terrorism?

This is the key quote, ant.

Putting aside any questions of morality (which both sides seems to be able to do in this mess) the simple fact is that if using hardline, high tech military tactics against terrorism worked, Israel would’ve crushed Palestinian resistance by now.

How many more decades are they going to keep doing what clearly doesn’t work?

Liked the article all ’round.

The media is clearly responsible for the message they bring to us, that responsibility includes public trust, fairness and equality but in recent decade it become more the case that the media tells you this is what you should believe in, your choice is only this and if you resist then your on your own.

Coming back to my original point, which was that people should make assessments for them selves, use what ever tools and mediums are to assist but always remember “you can’t clap with only one hand” and neither can you allow someone make you believe “white is black and black is white”.

I got exactly that impression from the 730 Report interview with the Israeli Foreign Minister. He said that the most important objective was to secure Israel by stopping these rocket attacks. Pardon? When was the first rocket attack? Quite a while after IDF had taken out the airport, various bridges and infrastructure and numerous civilians. Evidently there is a belief that the IDF should be allowed to do this with impugnity; after all they did have two soldiers they were keen to rescue.

Somebody fights back and shock, horror, the security of innocent Israeli civilians is threatened. Perhaps they thought it would be like Shock and Awe, where there was no effective air defence. It’s pretty easy to terrorise then. But as the Americans found out, it doesn’t necessarily win the affection of locals or even their respect. Didn’t work for the Luftwaffe all those years ago either.

That’s not to mentino the Oang revolution being in chaos in the Ukraine. The Not a good look when Putin can throw Iraqi democracy in your face at a press conference and cause the press corps to laugh.