Haaretz Service: Barrage of Gaza rockets strikes Ashkelon, Be'er Sheva, Ashdod
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Title:If the stated objective is to stop the rockets..
Name:Joe L.
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then the operation has failed miserably.
So what`s next:
- more air power? the result will be more of the same
- ground attack? the Palestinans are waiting for this. They`d love the opportunity of a street fight on their turf

The end result will be a stronger Hamas (a al Hizbollah experience in Lebanon)

The time of resolving conflicts of this nature with firepower is long gone.

Olmert, Livni and Barak are in a lose-lose situation.