Updated November 22, 2006<\/p>\n\n
A headline in Ma Our military commanders, Cabinet Ministers and pundits tell us it`s not possible to win the war against the Kassams. That the best we can do is continue searching for the launching pads and hitting the rocketeers from the air.<\/p>\n\n Israel`s successes are too few to make a decisive difference. Our only solace is that Kassam fatalities are infrequent and the wounded civilian casualty count is low. Damage to homes and buildings is containable.<\/p>\n\n The most serious damage is to the mental condition of people in small towns like Sderot. Their suffering clearly affects the psyche of the children and adults. They have experienced too many traumas, too many siren warnings, too many unexpected explosions, too many miracles.<\/p>\n\n Worst of all is the despair of knowing that our wonderful IDF has no effective answer. Many residents are not shy to admit they don Yet there is a relatively inexpensive military answer to the Kassams within the restrictions of Disproportionate Response.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n That is to replicate their Kassam missiles with those of our own. And to lob the same number we receive every day into their populated areas next day. Plus 25 more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n During the evening news services we should announce the number of Kassams we Plus 25? Yes, the extra 25 is a reasonable attempt to achieve numerical equivalence since the terrorists already has a head start, having fired over 1,500 missiles at us since disengagement. That`s downright unfair and clearly disproportionate. The least we are entitled to is catch up.<\/p>\n\n At 25 per day, that will take 60days to balance the Hamas How long will Hamas be able to take the punishment they so happily dish out to us with almost universal silence if not approval? I “Yet there is a relatively inexpensive military answer to the Kassams within the restrictions of Disproportionate Response.<\/strong><\/p>\n \n “That is to replicate their Kassam missiles with those of our own. And to lob the same number we receive every day into their populated areas next day. Plus 50 more.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israeldefender.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ariv newspaper last week sums it up: **\u201cIDF Despairs\u201d\u009d**. Jerusalem Post<\/code>s editorial Nov. 16, \u201cStop the Kassams now\u201d\u009d<\/strong> provides no military solution. PM Olmert in Jerusalem Post Nov. 17 is headlined: \u201cNo \u201d\u02dcquick fix` to Kassam attacks\u201d\u009d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\nt know how much longer they<\/code>ll be able to grin and bear it. Lots are reported to be leaving or have left Sderot. Who can blame them?<\/p>\n\n\n
ll be launching next day. And we should add this message daily: ***\u201cWe<\/code>ll stop when you stop.\u201d\u009d*** Whenever they start up again, so do we.<\/p>\n\nreign of Kassam terror. Then we<\/code>ll have achieved a proportional balance (allowing for the fact that we would be excluding the large number of Kassams fired before disengagement).<\/p>\n\nd be surprised if they withstand it for longer than a week or two. For once we<\/code>re giving their civilians what they`re giving ours, plus 25, what would be their point of continuing? \n{} {} {}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n