[nocommies]

i agree, but like i was saying in other posts, i fear that the arab world is trying to lure israel in, so that iraq, iran, syria, the pallies, and the wild cards like saudi arabia can get involved, and do what we know they all want... destroy israel completely! BEFORE we are ready and in place to destroy all arab terror regimes.

[Mo1]

i agree, but like i was saying in other posts, i fear that the arab world is trying to lure israel in, so that iraq, iran, syria, the pallies, and the wild cards like saudi arabia can get involved, and do what we know they all want... destroy israel completely! BEFORE we are ready and in place to destroy all arab terror regimes

I didn't see your other posts yet .. I fear you may be right

[Southern Federalist]

I think you're right at least about this, that the situation in Israel would be far different strategically if Saddam were removed.

What I've thought might be involved here is the lack of a plausible endgame. I'm not sure what Sharon and his government have in mind as an alternative to the present situation, or if they have any clear ideas at all. If that's the case, then I can better understand the Administration saying, "Look, don't start something you haven't got any idea how to finish. Hold on till Saddam is gone and that may well open new possibilities."

Some of the most plausible endgames involve Jordan but it's clear Jordan can't play under present conditions in the Arab world. Without Saddam at his back, and with Assad wetting his drawers at the thought of ending up like Saddam, something like a Jordanian protectorate over the Palis, leaving Israel with defensible borders, might be thinkable.