on saturday december 27, the latest u.s.-israeli attack on helpless palestinians was launched. the attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press. the planning had two components: military and propaganda. it was based on the lessons of israel's 2006 invasion of lebanon, which was considered to be poorly planned and badly advertised. we may, therefore, be fairly confident that most of what has been done and said was pre-planned and intended.that surely includes the timing of the assault: shortly before noon, when children were returning from school and crowds were milling in the streets of densely populated gaza city. it took only a few minutes to kill over 225 people and wound 700, an auspicious opening to the mass slaughter of defenseless civilians trapped in a tiny cage with nowhere to flee... // chomsky, 01.20.09, znet
...so who 'started' it?
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