george friedman.nks so much for coming by. we appreciate it. >> pleasure. >> it does seem to be a lot of sabre rattling there between the ground forces moving closer to the border and the israeli defense minister saying that palestinian militants will, in fact, pay for the blood that was shed in israel. is this sabre rattling? because the interest of israel is not to get into a real skirmish with gaza. >> the problem is that hamas now has a missile to reach tel aviv and that's unacceptable. that's a red line for israel. the israelis probably don't know how many they have. they don't know where they're located. therefore the attack is very complicated. you can't do frit the air. you'll have to go in on the ground. it's going to be bloody and miserable. the israelis would rather not do that. the palestinians want them not to do that. but hamas really has put itself in a position where it has a weapon that will compel the israelis either to step down or go to war. the israelis are giving every sign that