American columnists are now racing to give Israel ideas to punish the Palestinian civilian population. This is quite incredible, if you think about it. "...that the next Qassam will be answered with a cutoff of gasoline shipments. This should bring road traffic in Gaza to a halt within days and make it increasingly difficult to ferry around missiles and launchers. If that fails to concentrate the mind, the next step should be to cut off electricity." But why should you be surprised when a liberal Harvard law professor offers his own preferences of torture techniques.