> On Jul 13, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:
> > I have
> > no idea what Israel wants
>
> The loons at the Ayn Rand Institute write:
> > What will it take for Israel to go to war? How many more Israelis
> > It is long past time for Israel to wage a real war against these
> > terrorist groups and states. And it is long past time for the
> > United States to join Israel in waging this war.
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isn't u.s. military action - particularly in iran - the preferred option among officials with the closest ties to one another in the israeli and u.s. governments, moreover, whether israel's actions have/do not have u.s. endorsement/permission, they are seen in the middle east as having latter's 'stamp of approval', recall that u.s. began selling israel so-called 'bunker buster' bombs and providing it with f-161 planes with fuel tanks that allow them to reach iran... mh