Agreed. arctangent -- I doubt the citizens of Sderot and other towns plagued by rocket fire would agree with your assessment. Just today several rockets were launched from Gaza. Unless you would be really willing to go to Sderot and stand up in the open without a helmet and body armor during a rocket alert, I would hesitate to describe Qassam rockets as "glorified firecrackers."
Re: Unrelated to the main topic, but I'm having a tough time controlling my emotions in this respons