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. . . this war will metastasize into a two-continent war from Algeria to Afghanistan, with the United States and Israel alone against a half-dozen Arab and Muslim states.

So what? Why does PB think Libya, Iran, Syria, et al., AND Arafat to boot, are falling all over themselves to see who can kiss Uncle Sam's behind most sweetly? They're scared, they fear us, and they know they cannot defeat us if we put all our military might behind this war on terrorism. Pat's way off base on this one and the neo-cons are right.

with the United States and Israel alone against a half-dozen Arab and Muslim states.

Hardly seems fair, does it?

They're scared, they fear us, and they know they cannot defeat us if we put all our military might behind this war on terrorism.

Amen. The last thing we need is a stalemate a la Israeli/Palestinian punch swapping. Use our momentum and put a stop to this now, before it escalates. Leave every radical musulim state walking away and looking over their shoulder thinking, "Dam*! I don't want a piece of that action." Even passive support of terrorist causes should come with a price tag too awful to consider. The carrot can come later.

Fail to do that and you might as well start picking out which member of your family you want as a part of the next 7000 Americans to die.