>>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?

Maybe if you treated Mexico or Canada the way Israel treats the Gaza strip and Wet Bank you'd be getting the rockets. I find that sort of justification doesn't really hold up apart from as convenient sound bite.