Comments on: Resistance is futile

By: ricketyclick » Blog Archive » Time Magazine: “Israel Can’tMustn’t Win”

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:28:00 +0000

[...] at the Belmont Club, Wretchard asks: Whenever you hear Gaza described as an “unwinnable conflict” ask yourself: do [...]

By: jms

jms — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:44:22 +0000

I wonder what would happen if the Israeli government refused to use the words “cease fire” and instead started openly discussing “Hamas terms of surrender” instead.

I think that the low level fighters have been so demoralized by now that if Israel were to offer “POW equivalent treatment” to any Hamas fighter who surrendered in uniform, allowing them to cover their faces to avoid identification, and offering assurance that any fighter not guilty of individual war crimes would be released at the end of the Gaza conflict, you might see a non-trivial number of the fighters or immediately take up the offer. The resulting scenes of masses of Hamas fighters turning themselves in in full green regalia would permanently end the credibility of Hamas.

Israel could then take reframe the terms of the discussion by refusing to discuss “cease fires” or “the peace process”, and make the international discussion entirely in terms of the “Hamas surrender process.”

It can’t be worse than anything they’ve tried before.

By: Question of the month

Question of the month — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:07:21 +0000

[...] Gaza is sometimes described as “unwinnable”, usually by Pallie activists. Which begs this question. [...]

By: Fen

Fen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:39:34 +0000

Yup. “Peace Process” means “we’re going to hamstring you while your enemies go for your throat”

By: Instapundit » Blog Archive » GOOD QUESTION: “Whenever you hear Gaza described as an ‘unwinnable conflict’ ask yourself: do they …

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:14:55 +0000

[...] GOOD QUESTION: “Whenever you hear Gaza described as an ‘unwinnable conflict’ ask yourself: do the… [...]

By: Steynian 309 « Free Canuckistan!

Steynian 309 « Free Canuckistan! — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:44:52 +0000

[...] RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! “Whenever you hear Gaza described as an “unwinnable conflict” ask yourself: do they mean [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:53:12 +0000

RWE, I do not understand your reply to my post. I did not say anything about the Iraq war or the global warming scam. I supported ousting Saddam and I know a lot about the warming scam.

By: Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:48:39 +0000

Bill Roggio has reported that Pakistan is pulling two divisions (30,000 men) out of 100,000 on the line fighting the Taliban up in the tribal territories to move them to the border with India.
Things will be hotting up in Afghanistan and the tribal territories.
Too bad we can’t lend them some air support against the Taliban before they go.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:07:33 +0000

>The modern version of the boy who cried “wolf” are
>the activists who cry “peace” — and give you war.

wretchard – that is outstanding!

By: Roderick Reilly

Roderick Reilly — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:43:24 +0000

“”"”"”"We make a big mistake in our rhetoric if we confound the single plebiscite with the term democracy.”"”"”"”

Excellent point, but a “plebiscite,” unless spectacularly rigged, indicates at least tacit approval by the “yes” voters for the winner’s policies, ideology, and actions.