That may sound reasonable, but if anything has been learned in 18 blood-soaked months, it is that military responses have caused only minimal interruption to the Palestinian terrorist infrastructure while fanning the flames of anger and resolve.

• 听上去也许有些合理，但是如果能从18个月的巴以流血冲突中学到点儿什么的话，实际上军事报复所能引起的只能是最小限度地中断巴勒斯坦恐怖分子的基层组织（的活动）而与此同时会引发更强烈的复仇的火焰和（坚定的）决心。