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Where was Iron Dome?
Yoav Zitun
Published: 30.10.11, 00:44
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1. Simple Solution. Don't send missiles into Gaza
Peter Morris ,   New Zealand   (10.30.11)
Quite frankley if any group of people other than the Palestinians had to live with the constant fear of missiles the response against Israel would be much more deadly than the home made rockets. It dosen't take much nous to figure if you live in a glass house don't throw stones. Much simpler than the so called expensive domes and shields.
2. Iron Dome : waste of time - too many rockets
(10.30.11)
3. Pretend Dome does not work, a rip off
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (10.30.11)
...of $205M from the American Taxpayer.
4. idf response
alexi   (10.30.11)
there is no chance, zerok, that idf will undertake more than pinprick responses and not any major actions like removing terorr heads,w wacking 20 gas stations and fuel depots. The reason-ehud barak is done. he has no stomach for any combat of any kind. To be fair, he did his fighting. His time is over. he will do everything in his power to avoid any combat, any responses. This has been his MO for the last 12 years. He has no stomach for war and should be replaced by yaalon. Bibi doesn't see it and he is doing israel great harm by not moving barak.
5. I Hope : {
Robert ,   Farmington,wv   (10.30.11)
I hope there is no technical problem when Iran or Syria starts to launch missiles loaded was gas or a nuclear warhead. come on if you cant stop .99 cent grads what are you going to do when the big boys come in.
6. Cottage Cheese to Iron Dome..Erosion Galore
Noah Lev ,   Los AngelesUSA   (10.30.11)
Again, the Israeli public has been duped into thinking alls well. From the Lebanon operation to the Strip, Israel has lost, in terms of defense and offense., emboldening its enemies..and making a laughing stock of the country. Even Israelis themselves are adding fuel, by protesting, rather than using legitimate means, to make changes in the budget (while Ashdod burns, they protest and threaten). Israel needs to awake to its problems..external and internal. Re:protests..enough is enough..make them illegal. Regarding Grads and Kassams..a good offense always beats a medocre defense. The Arrows, Iraon Dome, etc, were never thought to be the end all. Taking out the enemy using Israel's rockets, drones and planes..is far more effective.
7. Where was Iron Dome?
split ,   US   (10.30.11)
Who cares, what matters that your V-column in US Congress managed to screw me and my countryman for another half a Billion Dollars in 2011 alone,...
8. The IDF has failed
Moyamoya   (10.30.11)
Ehud Barak, the Loser in Chief needs to move on down the road...
9. For all its attributes, Iron Dome is like a traveling circus
Devorah   (10.30.11)
We need to go into Gaza and finish the job we started with Cast Lead. Peace talks, cease fires, mediators, prisoner releases, warnings and promises do not work and will continue to be failed efforts in the future. In terms of collateral damage, so be it - with no regrets - because Israeli civilians have been hard targets.
10. Dependent on imperfect Technology.
Ya'akov ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (10.30.11)
Technolog is not a substitute for a once and for all final Victory. Any one in the Israeli goverment who thinks otherwise is a 1st class idiot or simply on Arab payroll and doesn't value Israeli's security neither short-term nor long-term.
11. The purpose of government
Jared ,   Israel/USA   (10.30.11)
Isn't the primary purpose of government the protection of its citizens? Shouldn't Israeli tax dollars be primarily used to ensure that rocket attacks on Israelis are stopped. I just don't really understand how the government of Israel could have "better uses" for their money than protecting Israelis.
12. barak and his top echelon are too busy with politics to
Bernard Ross ,   st anns bay, jamaica   (10.30.11)
do anything meaningful with defense
13. leftist security officials keep assuring israel
Bernard Ross ,   st anns bay, jamaica   (10.30.11)
that terror from those released, and from giving palestinians land, is not difficult.
14. Escalation!
Taz Man ,   USA   (10.30.11)
Screw the Dome! Massive retaliation!
15. mmm.......maybe it was in holiday.
Salma ,   Palestine   (10.30.11)
don't forget "Israel" is Jewish state, yesterday was Saturday ; )
16. Daphni Leef
Avner ,   Israel   (10.30.11)
Daphni Leef would rather we spend the money to subsidise student housing in downtown Tel aviv.
17. Thank you social protestors for the death in Ashdod
Sharona ,   Jerusalem Israel   (10.30.11)
Yes, you morons, let's cut the defense budget. Greedy spoiled brats-get off the streets, get a job and get a life. And stop undermining our ability to defend ourselves. How about volunteering for reserve service?
18. iron dumb, Israeli dumb
Larry ,   Los Angeles   (10.30.11)
it never seemed more than a publicity stunt. It is time for the IDF to take decisive action in Gaza to end once and for all the missile attacks. What civilized or non civilized people would put up with constant murderous attacks on their population with out an out and out war?
19. Iron dome wouldn't have been any use this time
zionist forever   (10.30.11)
Iron Dome is fine for intercepting one or two rockets but attacks like this where the terrorists fire a barrage the system can't cope. Lets not become to reliant on this system thats $50,000 a shot, tonight was proof we cannot rely on systems like this. Iron Dome doesn't win wars and unless we want to become a country that just invests in defensive system and our doctrine becomes sit back, shoot em down do nothing then the IDF needs to invest its limited budget in offensive weapons so we can go after the enemy on their own turf not on Iron Dome and other expensive systems. What we need now is Cast Lead 2 not Iron Dome.
20. Where was Iron Dome?
(10.30.11)
in your arss
21. We know it all! We have been told!
Yael Schlichting ,   Raubling - Germany   (10.30.11)
From the very beginning on, the defense establishment told us, that we must not rely on the Iron Dome to intercept all incoming Missiles perfectly. Now we see, that they had good reasons to prevent us from having too high hopes. We also see, that any maintenance work at the Iron Dome must be kept absolutely secret since knowledge of such work could invite the enemy to fire excessive barrages of missile fire exactly during this time, while all other incidences would be just bad luck. The defense establishment on the other side must learn, that it must restraint from taking too much action in Gaza while Iron Dome is under maintenance or is having other problems.
22. Never mind the Iron Dome. Rely on and Pray to Hashem!
Kayla ,   Florida   (10.30.11)
23. Iron Dome......
Abir ,   Chicago, IL   (10.30.11)
Intercepting these rockets from Gaza cannot be a substitute for deterrence. Prevention is definitely better than cure. The only way to stop these rockets is to force these Jihadists to keep their heads down. Constant fear of pre-emptive strikes and not reprisals, is what will deter them. An entire subset of Israels' population cannot be hostage to these scum. They should be scared, not us.
24. Increase the defense budget and cut
jason white ,   afula, israel   (10.30.11)
welfare. No work, no money! Except for the people who are really disabled or sick. No more money for drug addicts, alcoholics or prisoners and their families. Stop giving money to anti Zionist groups and no more child allowances to families that did not serve in the I.D.F. Also make those that dodged the draft pay half their salaries or pensions for a defense tax. We need more Iron Domes in the south and should not have waited for the money from the U.S. Why are we sitting on tens of billions of dollars and not using the money to pay for more weapons and weapons systems as well as training?
25. It's because currently the IDF is working on an anti-gravity
tom ,   tel aviv   (10.30.11)
based missile repelling system, that the Iron Dome periodically fails: you see our best brains are busy thinking day and night of new ways to protect the citizens. We cannot just ALL die from Arab terror attacs! Who else will there be left to pay taxes, so that government officials can have their salary& perks?!
26. when Jewish state is established,
observer ,   Egypt   (10.30.11)
the Chosen will have to chose between it and a democratic state.
27. Where is iron dome? Where is UN?
Rachel ,   Chitz4now home soon   (10.30.11)
Someone answer this. And salma you congratulated a religious woman for losing weight to get married? Do you know she will have many Jewish babies? More to love? Lol I think not!
28. why build only a third iron dome
(10.30.11)
Build more so that there is always contingency else the strategy is flawed. Also this is the post shalit bravado displaying itself and conventional response operations which erode gazan infrastructure and missile capability more effective than passive iron dome strategy which is still imperfect
29. Ehud Barak
LION OF JUDAH   (10.30.11)
Ehud Barak should resign now,and to be replaced by Yaalon,or Lieberman,or anyone else who have balls and stomach.
30. Democratic State.
TAHRIR QUDS ALYAHUDI   (10.30.11)
Israel is the only country in the middle east which is democratic.The Arab/Muslims world does not believe in democracy and they will never have one. They only use DEMOCRACY WORD when it suits them
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