Also, the pathetic examples of force that Israel dares use (as Theo said) are as feckless as Clinton's attack on the empty Iraqi intelligence HQ in late 1998 -- and the threat Israel faces is existential (which was not true of Iraq in 1998 or 2003 or ever.)

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GOT KORAN ? [329 words]	Amina Aleem	Oct 13, 2007 23:33
↔ Cod-liver oil is good for you!! [25 words]	jennifer solis	Oct 14, 2007 16:17
Israelis have become too comfortable [169 words]	Brad	Oct 12, 2007 11:54
Nope Deterrence has not been Restored [96 words]	ralphsrant1	Sep 28, 2007 16:14
Eternal Socialist Appeasers [343 words]	George Keselman	Sep 22, 2007 16:13
↔ Fear of Moslems = Peace (Islam) [291 words]	Amina Aleem	Sep 23, 2007 01:28
↔ Israeli "slow down" deterrence began at Entebbe [320 words]	James Burke	Sep 24, 2007 16:45
↔ That is exactly what the majority of muslims would like to see [51 words]	Al Atar	Oct 9, 2007 13:15
↔ Sarcasm? [27 words]	jennifer solis	Oct 14, 2007 16:34
↔ MISINTERPRETATION OF QURA'AN [860 words]	Raihana	May 11, 2009 06:11
Israel as no real deterrance. [97 words]	Theo Hertz	Sep 21, 2007 16:29
↔ ⇒ Israel can't deter the demographic threat, and isn't deterring terror attacks [62 words]	Charles Martel	Sep 24, 2007 16:15
Buy now, pay later [219 words]	Rebecca Moulds	Sep 21, 2007 12:12
Hit them where it hurts [67 words]	David W. Lincoln	Sep 21, 2007 10:35
It started two years earlier [29 words]	Abu Nudnik	Sep 21, 2007 09:22
Israeli Deterrence and Quick Fixes [158 words]	Lowell D. Blackman	Sep 21, 2007 08:04
Arabs and the big Stick [54 words]	Kenny	Sep 21, 2007 06:42
↔ "Someday the Arabs will go too far?" What is "too far" if 9/11 wasn't? [87 words]	Charles Martel	Sep 24, 2007 16:21
Deterrence [30 words]	Jon Purizhansky	Sep 20, 2007 19:34

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