Subject: Re: interesting move by Israel
Yes. I really don't like all the innocent civilians that could be affected. But, as with the Mexico example, we wouldn't hold back if terrorists were lobbing rockets at San Diego from Tijuana. We'd crush them.

Since Iran launched rockets at Israel, I think Israel is justified to return fire against Iran. I would hope they have enough precision that they could limit it to military targets (like missile launching sites, navy bases, air force bases, command-and-control, etc). Because Iran launched those rockets. They weren't hiding behind their proxies. They did it directly. Time to have them pay a price.

I'm not familiar with the nuances of the 1951 treaty with the Philippines, but I do think we should have a battle group in the area so that whenever a "trigger" happens to "activate" the treaty, we can respond immediately and forcefully.

We should learn from history. Less than 100 years ago a nation gobbled-up the Rhineland, Ruhr, Sudetenland, Austria, and Czechoslovakia without any resistance. Leaders from other nations wrung their hands, but did nothing. That didn't turn out well. Putin and Xi are trying to do similar things, except Putin has already invaded the equivalent of Poland (which was what triggered the UK and France). They have to be stopped, or they'll keep going. History has shown that.