Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Founder

[mburbank]

No, but unless Israel wants to commit to to full bodied genocide or ethnic cleansing, then something has to be done to attempt to break the cycle of violence. Removing terrorists one by one along with six or seven people in a one block radius each time isn't going to do that, and it creates more terrorists.

While things weren't peachy before this assasination, I can think of an assasination before which things were quite a bit better. Rabin's.

In addition, while I think a violent religous fanatic is a very dangerous thing, I think the image of a paralyzed preacher lieing in a pool of blood amidst the wreckage of his wheelchair outside the Mosque where he just attended services could prove to be more dangerous. Images of violent martyrdom often have lifespans that dwarf the immagination. Ask Jesus.