Clarifications...Security Issues and Such...

"I guess I need to clarify some things so that people understand a few key points:

1. Elie's name isn't really Elie. I mean, that's what we call him...but that's like his nickname. Like calling someone Betsy when her name is...something else. So, it's no military secret that his name is Elie...and, on top of that, Elie is a pretty popular name in Hebrew. Oh, and it's a shortened version of his name - not even his full name.

2. Artillery means shooting a missile or rocket quite some distance. Israeli artillery is quite precise. The artillery that Hamas is shooting at us...is quite not precise.

3. Because artillery is shot long distances (no, I won't tell you how many kilometers), artillery units are positioned behind the front line. During the Second Lebanon War, Israeli artillery units never even entered Lebanon.

4. Gaza is a small strip of land bordered by Israel on one side, the Egyptians on the other, and the Mediterranean Sea as well. It is, by the way, not the "most crowded place on earth," the many Palestinians have tried to claim this in recent days. It is crowded...but there are many areas of wide open space - I was there and have pictures. That the Arabs choose not to develop these areas is another matter."
A Soldier's Mother

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