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Lieberman calls for assassination of Hamas leaders

Ziggurat said:
Perhaps. That's not a reason not to do it, though.
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At an emoitonal level, since I think Hamas' leadership are a bunch of dickheads who have derailed a possible solution to a very hard to solve problem, I'd agree with you, but objectively, I think differently.

What is the political gain, medium to long term, from using the standard Apache and a few Hellfires to whack a few dozen Hamas leaders? OK, for a few weeks, Hamas has to sort itself out.

Meahwhile, in the Media and Symbols war, Israel takes some heat, AND, on the Palestinian Street, reconfirmation of Israel is bloody handed arseholes occurs, which plays into the new Hamas leadership being from a hardcore section of Hamas, versus a few who might be more willing to work with Abbas.

While the satisfaction of whacking those guys might feel good for a while, the long term aim is not advanced. Now, if one could arrange an explosion that looked like a rival Pal faction did it . . . well, now we're talking about a way to deflect blame and turn Hamas anger elsewhere, while leaving an opening to engage in the next round of Pal/Isr talks (if talks there are to be) with clean hands.

DR
 
Darth Rotor said:
At an emoitonal level, since I think Hamas' leadership are a bunch of dickheads who have derailed a possible solution to a very hard to solve problem, I'd agree with you, but objectively, I think differently.

What is the political gain, medium to long term, from using the standard Apache and a few Hellfires to whack a few dozen Hamas leaders? OK, for a few weeks, Hamas has to sort itself out.
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Which could mean one less successful suicide bomber, for example. In addition, any time you've got an organizational shuffle going on, you've got opportunities for infiltrating double agents or getting those agents kicked up a notch.

Meahwhile, in the Media and Symbols war, Israel takes some heat,
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Which they take any time they defend themselves. Europe's opinion on the matter is irrelevant. And the US doesn't mind.

AND, on the Palestinian Street, reconfirmation of Israel is bloody handed arseholes occurs,
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Hatred of Israel is essentially already saturated. What matters is not whether the Palestinians HATE Israel, but whether they think they have anything to gain from attacking Israel. And I don't see how killing Hamas' leaders hurts in that respect.

which plays into the new Hamas leadership being from a hardcore section of Hamas, versus a few who might be more willing to work with Abbas.
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If Israel keeps whacking off Hamas leaders who won't work with Abbas, then after a while the only ones left will be the ones who will work with him.

While the satisfaction of whacking those guys might feel good for a while, the long term aim is not advanced.
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I can't really think of any cases where killing someone who is trying to destroy your entire country is actually counterproductive.
 
Define "leaders"

Israel Defense Forces troops shot and killed Wael Hassanin, a top Hamas local commander, during a gunbattle in a Gaza City neighborhood.

Israel is going after these guys, one by one, and two by two, and in the past, has not hesitated to do so either.
(see: Rantissi, 2004)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117399,00.html
 
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