Posted on September 9, 2003 by Scott Johnson

“There are no words”

The two bombings in Israel today remind us of a few facts.
Israel is the object of an incredibly barbaric war.
The war is a war of extinction that is a close relative of the one being waged against the United States.
Israel’s freedom of action to defend itself is nevertheless constrained both by self-imposed limits and by the United States.
It would be desirable both for Israel to formulate a strategy calculated to lead to victory in the war and for the United States to lend its assistance.
When Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice lecture Israel that its interests are impaired by taking action to defend itself (“You have to consider the long-term consequences of such actions

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