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Originally posted by nanofever
You seem to be asking how to put out a forest fire which is raging out of control. I don't know the answer but I know pissing on the fire won't help. Isreal pissed on the fire and have only made things worse for themselves longterm, though they might have enjoyed pissing on the fire in the short-term.
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I see it in a completely opposite light. I think that in their view they made things worse for themselves in the short term (perhaps more suicide bomb attempts) but in the long term Hamas was dealt a serious blow. Their _leader_ is dead.
Hamas is an organization already dedicated to continuing suicide bombings until Israel is destroyed. They are not the PLO or other so-called moderates who claim to want to live side-by-side with Israel. Hamas' stated goal is destruction of Israel. Calling Yassin a moderate because he concentrates on the spiritual side of suicide bombing as opposed to the art of bomb-making is ridiculous.
Do you folks not think that the killing of Bin Laden will fuel Al-Qaeda towards revenge? Should the US let him walk in fear of that?