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...West. Yes, Bush may have made many mistakes, but does Klein really believe that without Bush in office, Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, would act more rationally? Thomas A. Edelman Santa Monica, California, U.S. Would negotiations with Iran and Hizballah persuade them to give up their attempts to wipe Israel off the map? I doubt that. History teaches us that it is important to believe the declared intentions of megalomaniacs. Jeffrey Fillman Boston As long as the U.S. gives substantial amounts of military and economic aid to Israel, America is going to be blamed for any atrocities that are committed...
...were surprised by the intensity of the air strikes," said the driver. "But it doesn't matter. We'll learn for next time. We'll wipe the floor with them...
Would negotiations with Iran and Hizballah persuade them to give up their attempts to wipe Israel off the map? I doubt that. History teaches us that it is important to believe the declared intentions of megalomaniacs...
...political sophisticate. "I haven't voted since they dissolved the Whig Party," he says in One Lonely Night. And his agenda is at least as much anarchist as it is fascist. He's against all the big people who prey on the little people, and has elected himself to wipe out the scourge. His tone is not so much political as Biblical - Old Testament. He's the cleansing plague...
...result of this diplomatic vacuum, the only factor constraining the behavior of the various parties has been their mutual fear. Israel has been worried that Hizballah might launch Katyusha rockets on Haifa, Syria that Israel might wipe out its army or regime, Hamas and Hizballah that their entire leadership could become fair game. But such apprehension always was at most a feeble restraint, because in an unregulated environment, the only thing more costly than disregarding one's fears is displaying them. In the past weeks, that last and flimsy inhibition finally gave way. The conflict no longer is about achieving...