Drip, Drip, Drip

Israel went into Gaza to fix leaky plumbing. They dug, they rattled the pipes, but they didn't, as they're not genocidal maniacs, actually kill all the Hamas leaders. 

So the pipes are leaking again, and Ashkelon and other sites near Gaza are getting dripped on. Again.

I don't like the idea of civilians being killed. Every bomb, every bullet, in either direction, only creates more hatred for the next generation. 

That said, if drug dealers in Juarez, Mexico began firing rockets into El Paso, and are threatening to fire them as far up as Las Cruces, how long do you think it'll be before the US "invades" Mexico to stop the problem if the local authorities can't? (No, I don't think it's a silly comparison: read the papers on the drug wars there, in Laredo, and in other border cities. If drug smugglers can build submarines, fire anti-aircraft missiles at surveillance planes, and kill locals with total impunity, then why assume they wouldn't use terror to extend their reach?)

Even with Israel's upcoming elections, even with US President Obama's push to "finally" get peace to the Middle East, Israel has laid down a tougher standard for response to the drip of missiles from the sky.

Hamas in Gaza would do well to do what's best for its own citizens' needs, and listen less to its Iranian puppeteers in Syria.