Time to log for the night.

Barring a miracle, Hamas is toast.

The impact of this blow on the forces of radical Islam cannot be overstated. Hamas is a major Muslim Brotherhood organization. A sister group to PIJ, al Qaeda, Hizb Tahrir, LeT and Jaish Mohamed. Not since 2001 has one of these groups gotten pounded like this.

Given the rhetorical and symbolic importance of attacking Israel, when coupled with the humiliating ineffectiveness of Hamas, this defeat fits in nicely with the failure of the Zarkawi’ al Qaeda of Iraq, whose only success came from killing other Muslims.

The IDF has completely penetrated Gaza City and is ripping through the City at will bringing down the bad guys.

I am absolutely stunned at the success I am seeing. This has all the makings of a spectacular military victory. The only thing that can save Hamas is a failure of will with Olmert but even he is not so stupid to save Hamas when he knows, knows because his commanders are telling him, that they have Hamas on the ropes and their ability to continue fighting can only now be measured in hours. By Wednesday we will see relief convoys streaming into Gaza with food and water. No mass starvation, no mass disease. The sooner Hamas caves, the less civilian casualties will be. It looks like some Hamas fanatics are fighting but only the most dedicated; the hired guns are cutting and running.

If this is victory it sends a huge message about what happens to people who shoot rockets and Jewish civilians. In Iran, the shock of what they are witnessing and the realization that Israel is a pygmy compared to the military force the US has in Afghanistan, Iraq and Gulf might cause the wiser heads to really think about how confrontational they want to be.

By this time tomorrow, it will be very clear how much longer this will go on, but it doe not look like long. Israel may be presenting President Bush with a very nice farewell present: a completely destroyed terrorist organization. The Japanese feudal lords would carefully inspect the presented severed heads of defeated enemies, Bush-san is getting regular reports and grunting with approval. Folks, this is really huge.

Believe in the Victory!