Sderot---suicide on the installment plan

Submitted by Alaska Paul (United States), Apr 16, 2008 at 23:21

I cannot believe that the Olmert government essentially does nothing to stop the rocket attacks into Sderot. It is not hard to do, but it takes the will to do it. It will take rapid, sharp, and overwhelmingly devastating counterattacks to bring the message to the enemy that there is a terrible price to pay for Hamas' dirty little business.

The Olmert government is only a symptom of the bigger problem. It points to a malaise within Israel itself that people would put up with appeasement and the lack of leadership of Olmert and his government, when they will not defend Israel's citizens.

If this lack of leadership is not addressed, Israel will be attritted to death, which would be a huge tragedy. We in the US have similar leadership issues, we all better take heed.

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