Last March AQ was upset about the prospect of Hamas not trying to wipe out Israel for a month or two. It looks like the recent barrage of rockets aimed at Israeli hospitals and schoolhouses have convinced them that Hamas is still fighting the good fight. But apparently they want Hamas to try a little harder:
Which is, of course, exactly what Hamas intends to do. And their efforts to light up the entire Middle East will almost certainly end with a major confrontation in Gaza and many dead on both sides. There’s only so long a modern democratic state can tolerate the low-level warfare that Hamas is inflicting on southern communities.
PS – the only way that anyone can argue that Israel and the US don’t have a “common enemy” is if they don’t think that AQ is an enemy of the US. Which, we understand, many of them don’t. But it’s good to clarify what the stakes are.
References:
* AQ Complains That Hamas Is Not Insane Enough [MR]
* Al-Qaeda video urges ‘bombs, fire’ on Israel [YNet]
Previously:
* Al Qaeda Says Israel is Next Target, Comments on Gender Roles
* 65% of Palestinians support Al Qaeda terrorism
* And the Wheels Come Off – (2) Gaza
Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit
