jeff744 jeff744:
Interesting how you ignore the fact Israel seems to enjoy firing those weapons too and that Gaza only became a "terrorist" stronghold after they were completely blockaded.
Alright. To begin, Israel doesn't enjoy firing said weapons. If they did, their superior military forces would have turned Gaza into a giant pile of bodies and ruins.
Second, Gaza became a terrorist stronghold when its population elected Hamas, a well known terrorist organization, and then Hamas won its little civil war with Fatah within Gaza.
Third, they were completely blockaded by two countries (Israel...and Egypt, people seem to forget about Egypt, though) up until the removal of Mubarak from power, which then the Gaza-Egypt border was opened, thus effectively ending the blockade.
Fourth, because the blockade is essentially over, since Israel isn't going to start bombing Egypt, running the blockade is pointless, except to make themselves look extremely foolish. Ahh, but it wasn't really about Gaza, is it? It's more about trying to make Israel to look bad. Why else would they keep trying to run the blockade by sea, when they can drive into Gaza by truck from Egypt?
In summary, look at the map above, and realize that the blockade wasn't just by Israel, but by Egypt, because both nations were victims of Hamas terrorism, and both did not want to allow Hamas to be resupplied. Once the Mubarak government collapsed, the border between Gaza and Egypt was reopened.
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