Originally posted by Nilsen10
Habu
Do you think killing the leaders will stop the suicide bombings?
No. Nothing will stop the suicide bombers. They are insane and they seek the destruction of Israel. There is no peace with those people. They will not stop until the Israeli state is eradicated...I doubt they will stop then even, they will probably just find a new target.
What it does do however, is that it makes the sucicide bombings less planned, less thought through, with poorer equipment, it lessens the body count.
No one can stop all angry guys strapping on a bombs, looking for a target. Those attacks generally are very ineffective though. Often the only KIA will be the attacker himself, at other times some security guard will be able to stop him. It is very rare that these improvised attacks lead to any large body counts.
The worst case sucicide bombings involve several bombers hitting the same target at various intervals. Like the Bali bomb, but with suicide bombers. (In Bali, a smaller bomb inside the location caused a panic and led everyone to flee towards the exit where a larger bomb was detonated a short while after the first one).
There have been some attacks inside Israel with multiple bombers striking the same target. Generally these attacks have been the worst attacks in terms of fatalities. Some other attacks have been very well planned, leading to the bomber being able to penetrate into a location or striking an unexpected target.
Target killings of terrorist leaders removes alot of the ability to plan these things. This combined with the attacks on the infrastructure (funding, bomb-factories) are the only viable way to combat these terrorists.
Unless you are a naive fool that thinks that you can sit down and negotiate some sort of peace with the arabs that is.
Now you whine alot about how this will cause more attacks. Sure there will be more attacks, but its not as if there would have been no attacks if the Israelis had not taken out that guy.
The Israelis have been hitting Hamas very hard in the latest week...not that you or GS or any other pal supporter would know it. During the past week, five Israeli raids have pounded the Hamas ranks; in Nuseyrat, al Bureij, twice in Rafah and once in Abasan. These operations have resulted in 70 dead Hamas operatives. More importantly, these attacks have been targeting
the mid-level leadership of Hamas.
Before that, On March 14, the suicide bombing of Israel’s Mediterranean Ashdod Port that killed 10 Israelis was perceived by Hamas as a fiasco. Most probably that attack had been the result of months of intelligence work, complex pre-planning and heavy funding. The design was to strike at a hazardous materials site in the harbor, something that would have caused hundreds or even thousands of casualties. More importantly , the Hamas blew their suprise factor for a failed attack. Now, that route to cross into Israel is closed.
Right now, thanks to last weeks attacks, Hamas lacks the capability to strike outside the Gaza strip.
So you will see alot of gnashing of teeth, lots of bold words and lots of whining among western terrorist sympathisers like you and GS and thrawn and moose... meanwhile Israel is a bit safer.
Personally I think the Israelis have decided to remove the Palestinian leadership. Cut off the head, and the rest is just a (very angry) flock of frustration.
