"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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"The CO" wrote:

2 observations.

1. The Israelis seem to have an absolute gift for picking off
important players.
2. They have solid titanium testicles considering
the backlash this might bring.

What backlash? More suicide bombers? They just killed the guy who's
been sending them in every day for the last several years. The
Palestinians have been looking to this guy as an example of defiance
in
the face of Israel, and just found out that he was very, very mortal.

No real disagreement, I concur that half blind and wheelchair bound or
not,
he was well worth removing. However it may increase the level of
attacks and
inspire them to do something bigger. OTOH, if they keep nobbling the
top level
like this they might get less capable leadership to deal with.

I guess they figure they have nothing much to lose. They might be
right.

Well, they lost one of the worst people on the face of the planet...

No argument with that either. I still essentially think they have
nothing to lose.

The CO