>>>>>>yes the rockets are terrorism and should be stopped but Israels response is appalling.
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>>>>>This is what amazes me. I am all for a Palestinian state, but totally against indescriminate bombing. What would you have Israel do? Just lob dumb bombs indescriminantly into Gaza near schools and places when kids and families are coming and going? Just to keep it 'completely even?' That's ridiculous. Wars would last lifetimes as this one probably will.
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>>The Israelis can't win because they keep using the same old policies.
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>>They could try getting all settlements out of the West Bank and opening up the borders of Gaza and the west bank to allow trade and some sort of economic revival there.
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>Some 10 years back maybe, but today many belive that peacefull outcome is no longer even possible. Simply to much blood has been spilled for anything to work. After Lebanon 2006 and now Gaza there is enough anger/hatred fuel to run conflict for another eternity.
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>There was a serious peace proposal on the table brought up by Arabs, but it never got real chance due to continous string of events.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Peace_Initiative
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>But that is perhaps completely impossible today.

This fella agrees with you:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/letters/bal-ed.le.letters29j14jan29,0,7464479.story

Here he does not:

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87271

Al Jazeera's media on it:

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/01/200912764650608370.html