lbo-talk-digest V1 #6147

[joanna bujes]

At 05:24 PM 05/13/2002 -0400, Brad wrote:
>Deterrence "worked" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. because (a)
>neither thought the smell of millions of rotting enemy corpses was a
>positive good, and (b) both sides believed that they were the Tide of
>History, and that simply waiting would inevitably strengthen their
>position markedly. In this case, there are people on both sides--more
>on the Arab side, I think, however--who love the smell of napalm in
>the morning. And both sides fear that history is against them.

Based on evidence, what leads you to believe that the Arabs are more 
violent than the Israelis?

Joanna