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Isreal has not done anything that has actually stopped the resistance. The smartest move either side can make is to remain committed to a peace process and continue to discredit attacks on civilians that don't qualify as "collateral dammage"..ie. terrorist attacks.
The possibility of a conventional military victory against determined guerilla and/or terrorist resistance is slim. We supposedly did this in Afganistan...well news from over there the last few weeks and over the last 1+ years suggest the restistance is no where near defeat and maybe even more dangerous a a snake in the grass.
I am of the opinion it is a pipe dream to believe that military actions will ever end the violence that has been going on going on in Isreal and now in Iraq, but I do beleive that violence begets violence so I may be a bit biased.
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