A SUGGESTION
Reader comment on item: Emerson to Kerry-Obama: It's Terrorism, Stupid

Submitted by Scott, Jul 28, 2014 22:03

A Suggestion to stop the conflict;

a) Israel should start actively moving their population away from the disputed GAZA strip border, (stop re-settling people there) and actively prevent radical israelis from gaining popular support. (such as the radical element that burnt the Palestinian boy in retribution for the missing Israli boys, and the radical element that at a recent protest for peace in israel were shouting palestine will be a cemetary...etc etc)

Israel needs to actively seek to cooperate with other Arab nations and to work with Palestinian officials to shut down HAMAS

b) The hard line tactics of Israel are not working. HAMAS hides wepons in schools, hospitals, churches and other public places, Israel in turn are taking to smashing such sites FROM A DISTANCE creating inordanate civilian casualties...in essence for every child , mother, father, brother, killed in these strikes... creates the emotional fodder that groups like HAMAS use to gain support, following and to provide the impetus for retrebution for the deaths of family members.

c) This is an unfortunate situation that I believe WILL require either a special forces ground offensive to take out the HAMAS military sites, or full blown ground offensive to also provide the support and infrustructure to those left behind,

Hesbollah are also closely watching this conflict unfold, and are closely watching any outcome. If they become involved things will be different again...!

At any rate, something different needs to be done, John Kerry needs to provide something more substantive to the table govt rhetoric will not cut it any more...having said this the US needs to stand well away from this conflict. Further military involvement should be in the form of UN military only (IMO)

This region is a powder keg...any involvement should be "slowly slowly"

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