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Israelis Sue Government For Laser Cannons
An anonymous reader writes "Residents of a southern Israeli town want a real-life laser cannon to protect them against Palestinian rocket attacks. And they're suing the national government, for failing to provide the ray gun defense.
The U.S.-Israeli Tactical High Energy Laser project was widely considered to be the most successful energy weapon ever built. But the toxic chemicals needed to generate THEL's megawatts of power made the thing a logistical nightmare. It was scrapped. Now, the residents of Sderot want it back. And they're taking Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to court to make it happen."
The town that is. It would be cheaper for the Israeli gov't to bulldoze the town. The technology is proven, they have the means, and the results guaranteed.
The Palestinians have never wanted peace with Israel as evidenced by Arafat's rejection of Ehud Barak's offer of land for Palestinian statehood in 2000 and then no Palestinian counteroffer.
Unfortunately, the militant Palestinians want something that will not happen - the Jews to either leave or be wiped out. Thus, there is no solution.
"Do you suggest that Israel invade and take more territory to solve this problem?"
Yes, actually. For any Israeli killed by a rocket fired from Gaza they should annex 1 hectare (or some other suitable amount) of Gaza into Israel proper. Move the fences and all. Keep repeating it until the Palestinians figure it out and stop. Or until they drown, or until they end up in Egypt, depending on which fence you move.
I was in grad school with a Palestinian. He was not stupid. I'm sure there are lots more who are not stupid. The '67 war is over. They lost. It's time to deal with it.
The Sudeten Germans got evicted from Czechoslovakia when Germany lost even though they had been there for generations. They are not shooting rockets across the border from East Germany.
And certainly complaining to a Jew about being booted out of your homeland is a lost cause. At least for the first 2000 years.
"Full civil rights?"
You are a fucking idiot.
There is no such thing as a civilian in Israel. They are all soldiers after the age of 16.
However, the lesson of the Holocaust is that Jews are not simply going to die this time.
The Arabs don't quite seem to get that.
The "Arabs" got the lesson that "if you bomb enough people, you get your country" directly from the creation of Israel.
Israelis OTOH don't seem to get that killing more and more Palestinian civilians doesn't make the terrorists go away.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
And then it turns out his land deed encompassed your garage in the first place and you've been the unknowing asshole the whole damn time.
I seem to recall it was an Israeli Arab living in Jerusalem, and not a Palestinian terrorist, that was responsible for that shooting... but, I'm not surprised by such confusion from a zionist apologist.