Amir Oren, Haaretz Correspondent: Top aide to Barak: IDF aiming to stop Gaza rocket fire, not crush Hamas
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Title:You are mixing your messages, guys.....
Name:Johnboy
City: SydneyState: Australia
In this article:
Herzog: "Our aim is not to crush Hamas It`s not to topple the Hamas regime."

Riiiight.

Yet here
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051556.html
we have a different take:
"Diskin told the officials present at the meeting that the Islamic group`s ability to govern the Strip has been seriously damaged"

Which is it, guys?

Is one of them lying?

Or is it true that - once again - Israel has taken up the Big Stick without any idea what it is doing?

Other than knowing, of course, that it feels real good to go a` smiting when your opponent is so much weaker than you?