1.0 link 154104 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/more-birth-pangs-in-the-m_b_154104.html While the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) call up the reserves to continue its assault against Gaza, wreaking vengeance for rocket attacks in southern Israel and killing civilians and destroying homes and shops in the process, we must ask the question: What is all this death and destruction ultimately going to accomplish for the State of Israel? Israel finds itself in a similar position the United States found itself in Vietnam: The more it flexes its military muscle the politically weaker...

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