>We could chalk all our talk of Israel's lunancy up to our own projections.
I think, or at least I like to think, that the psych angle is more precise than that.
>If Israel or the U.S. are using "mad dog" state behavior to make
>their enemies fearful, then this is a deliberate strategy
I think there are two different things being talked about here. One is the mad dog strategy, but the other is what Doug said the other day. I'll just quote it:
>Israel seems like a country in the grip of a profound collective
>mental disorder. They're hardly alone in that - all nations are
>founded in some degree through paranoid exclusions, like a Lacanian
>ego, and the USA is no slouch in the collective paranoia department.
>But really, their perceptions are so at odds with the rest of
>humanity that it takes the breath away.
>
>Doug