Joe emails: Some notes on the ground action in gaza you will not get from the media:
First. Read martinvancreveld.com – the latest article hints to much of what I am saying. Note that he no longer calls the Palestinians weak and does not accuse the IDF of cowardice.
Note that the troops going in are Golani and paratroopers. Golani is so far in, the commander was almost killed. This is the elite combat brigade of the IDF. This is not a small matter, Israel is going to repair permanently the situation in Gaza.
Israel will reoccupy a large portion of Gaza and show that where the occupation is, no missiles are fired. Even if it has to level that area. This will prove to the powers that be that if Hamas does not operate in a certain area, there is quiet. So, the question is, who stops them from operating there?
It cannot be Israel for long – it appears that Israel will have Palestinian casualties through the roof soon – I estimate at least 2,000 dead, and the UN will assemble a solution based on Lebanon. For all the faults of the 2006 Lebanon war, there is now a robust force there and quiet on the north of Israel.
So, now the paradigm is “neutral” third party occupation of the Palestinians to avoid and prevent their lust for suicide.
