Accusations of terrorism are a two edged sword. The American firebombing of Japan was an example of terrorism as was the carpet bombing of Germany.

Hamas, so far as I can see, is a ruthless organisation, but is faces a ruthless enemy intent on squeezing the life out of it. It resorts to ill-directed rocket fire because that is all it can do. I am sure that if the Americans provided it with a few squadrons of F15s equipped with laser bombs, its targeting would become much more precise.

I am also inclined to think that the latest Israeli incursions into Gaza were essentially terrorist in intent- that is, they were designed to terrify the civilian population rather than to achieve the (impossible) aim of eliminating the Hamas military machine.

Paul