"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message 
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> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>> "andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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>>
>> > The Israeli government is probably not so certain about him or they 
>> > would
>> > not have used the last days of GW Bush to attack.
>>
>>   Oh, wow. I thought the very same thing. Why did they do what they did 
>> when
>> they did and why did they pull out just before the next President was 
>> going
>> to be in power. Apparently, this is a cease-fire for about a week. Will
>> Isreal continue?
>>
>> Is this to see what Obama says about it all? (As far as I know, he hasn't
>> said anything yet about it, but I think he may have something up his 
>> sleeve
>> in some way).
>>
>
> I'm quite cynical when it comes to US/Israel relations, and I live in the 
> US. My
> own feeling is that Israel had this invasion planned in detail for some 
> time,
> had tacit US approval, and was simply waiting for a 'window of
> opportunity'--either through their own machinations of 'forcing the issue'
> through their military behavior, i.e., 'tweaking' the Palestinians one too 
> many
> times in hopes of a response--or by using some transgression/aggression by 
> the
> Palestinians as an excuse. In any case, a foregone conclusion. The timing 
> of
> their invasion, its ferocity, and the pullout on the very eve of the 
> change in
> US administrations, all point to this, in an oh-so-obvious way. And the 
> latest
> Gaza destruction could never have happened without US consent (or at the 
> very
> least, its lack of a restraining voice.) My only surprise, a real one, is 
> that
> the US media has not put forward or discussed this scenario in any 
> meaningful
> way. Perhaps over here it is just too much of a hot-button topic.  I can 
> only
> HOPE that Obama and his team will take a different tack in dealing with 
> the
> Middle East.  It can only be better than what's come before.
>
> I'm definitely glad to see Bush go. It's a solemn but happy day: A dark 
> veil has
> been lifted off of my country.

     I can only imagine. It wouldn't surprise me if this Israeli action was 
sanctioned by 'someone'.

      ~Steve~


>
> Ken W.

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