>>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/01/israel.rockets/index.html
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>>I guess there is more behind this than a warlike spirit. I guess.
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>I wonder if the rockets were landing in WoodStock or Crystal Lake what our government's response would be and what the locals would expect?

We would bomb the hell out of them, and rightfully so. But Woodstock (site of the movie "Groundhog Day") and Crystal Lake have no eternal avenging neighbors.

Good local geography....