http://hashmonean.com/2006/07/04/former-dm-moshe-arens-carries-a-big-stick/ In Zion We Trust Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://hashmonean.com/2006/07/04/former-dm-moshe-arens-carries-a-big-stick/#comment-957 Euphoric Reality Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:31:10 +0000 http://hashmonean.com/2006/07/04/former-dm-moshe-arens-carries-a-big-stick/#comment-957 [...] Moshe Arens wrote a fantastic article about “The Gaza Syndrome” and its consequences.  H/T to the yummy saus. Here’s a quote: You can deter controlling governments from taking hostile actions or from permitting hostile activity from areas under their control. But there is no way of deterring phantom governments, and you cannot deter terrorists operating from a region in anarchy. The terrorists don’t care if the lights go out in Gaza or if Haniyeh’s offices are destroyed. They seem to enjoy the support of most of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. What you can do is reduce their motivation to pursue terrorist actions if it is shown that they are of no avail. The IDF and the GSS successfully did this following Operation Defensive Shield, dramatically reducing the number of Palestinian acts of terror. By using force against them, only by using force. But all that was reversed with the unilateral withdrawal 10 months ago. No clearer message could have been sent: Palestinian terror has paid off. [...] [...] Moshe Arens wrote a fantastic article about “The Gaza Syndrome” and its consequences.  H/T to the yummy saus. Here’s a quote: You can deter controlling governments from taking hostile actions or from permitting hostile activity from areas under their control. But there is no way of deterring phantom governments, and you cannot deter terrorists operating from a region in anarchy. The terrorists don’t care if the lights go out in Gaza or if Haniyeh’s offices are destroyed. They seem to enjoy the support of most of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. What you can do is reduce their motivation to pursue terrorist actions if it is shown that they are of no avail. The IDF and the GSS successfully did this following Operation Defensive Shield, dramatically reducing the number of Palestinian acts of terror. By using force against them, only by using force. But all that was reversed with the unilateral withdrawal 10 months ago. No clearer message could have been sent: Palestinian terror has paid off. [...]

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