"Someday the Arabs will go too far?" What is "too far" if 9/11 wasn't?
Reader comment on item: Has Israeli Deterrence Been Restored?
in response to reader comment: Arabs and the big Stick

Submitted by Charles Martel (United States), Sep 24, 2007 at 16:21

"someday the Arabs will go too far, and then they will learn just how backward a people and civilization they actually are."

On and immediately after 9/11 I shared your optimism.

However, unless it involves a nuclear attack, what could "too far" mean if not 9/11?

I know that Bush is an idiot and a traitor, but he can at least have the vague illusion that America is so big and strong it cant' be toppled or undermined, but no Israeli government could possibly have those illusions.

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