> >We'd react horribly if there were two or three on the scale of the
> >average Tel Aviv restaurant bombing.
>
> I suspect, though, that it might increase protests against current US
> policy. The bulk of the non-religious members of the local peace and
> anti-war groups were opposed to war and imperialist actions because they
> felt that it would create more terrorist incidents.
Perhaps. But it's never had that effect in Israeli, where the peace people felt the same thing and where it is obviously true.
Michael