Talk about Shooting Yourself in the Ass


Posted by Matski on July 31st, 2006

When I heard about the 48 hr halt to air raids following the bomb raid gone awry, I thought Israel had managed a geo-political judo flip with extraordinary dexterity. With no discernible exit strategy, I figured Israel could at least use this event as an opportunity to declare a de facto cease fire by taking the moral high ground — “no military goal is worth killing civilians, so we will rethink our strategy” — blah blah.

So much for that idea …


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