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How Israel Can Win the Ground War

Israel should define its targets carefully—and finish the job before Obama takes office.

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One full week after Israel started pounding Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, the lopsided war—where it’s indisputable that the Jewish state is far more powerful than the radical Islamists of Hamas—got even fiercer when Israel’s army crossed the border into Gaza. Is the ground invasion a brilliant move, a foolish fiasco, or something in between?

Here’s a checklist for Israeli decision-makers, especially if they want to keep official US support rock solid:

Dan Raviv, a CBS News correspondent, is co-author of Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israeli Intelligence and Friends In Deed: Inside the Israel-U.S. Alliance.

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