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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Why Israelis support the Gaza offensive

Israel's post-traumatic war is not just about stopping Hamas rockets, but about repairing reputations -- and erasing the stain of failure.
By Aluf Benn

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 10:22 AM

    Renegade Iconoclast..

    Yes, you're right, we should give in to all of Osama's demands while we're at it! Perfect plan, why didn't I think of it?

    Let's see, we got our troops out of Saudi, like ObL wanted and we engaged in two fruitless and disastrous wars, again like ObL wanted..

    Seems to me that we pretty much got lead around by the nose.

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