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That’s what it sounded like the LA TIMES was saying.
U.S. Struggles to Keep Plan Intact
The chief focus is to set ground rules for when Israel can launch attacks against militants.By Robin Wright, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON— With broken bodies and smoking rubble mounting, President Bush’s Mideast peace initiative—launched with such fanfare a week ago—has turned into a struggle just to figure out a way to prevent more killings.
The tightening spiral of violence has spurred some outside the administration to call for drastic action, including the possible deployment of foreign troops to separate the sides. But on Wednesday, the White House was concentrating on nailing down ground rules on what constitutes “restraint” by Israel.
It would be a major step in the right direction. This notion that the killing of random civilians by Hamas is ethically equivalent to the killing of Hamas leaders by Israel, is just dumb. Of course Israel should be permitted to do to Hamas what it needs to do to defend its civilians.
