Nevertheless, the basic flaw remains
You wrote: "It sure as hell stops some of them."
Yes, perhaps. Or perhaps these guys were just on their way to a wedding party somewhere. How do we really know?
At any rate, as the article points out, the IDF has spent billions of dollars in the effort, but still has been unable to stop the suicide bombers.
Indeed, Israeli military incursions into the occupied territories only encourage further suicide bombings.
It's a vicious circle.
But then again, that appears to be the desired scenario in the minds of certain extremist elements: an eye for an eye 'til we're all blind, or dead.
And so I'll stop where I started with the words of Mr. Arnold "The basic flaw is that military power does not stop terrorism."
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