[Demidog]

That's the Israeli side of the story. On the other hand...even if there were a warning prior, what justification do you think would suffice for the bombing of a hotel? How would the American public react to the claim that bin Laden called up somebody at the Pentagon and warned them? Would bin Laden then be any less responsible for 3000 deaths?

Absurd. And the rationalization of Begin's acts are just as absurd.

[A_perfect_lady]

what justification do you think would suffice for the bombing of a hotel?

To destroy intelligence information that had fallen into hostile hands?

[A_perfect_lady]

That's the Israeli side of the story.

My problem with your approach is the hint of circular logic that I find in this statement. Presumably you speak for the truth. So you indicate "My stance is X because X is the truth." And when I offer information that has at least a possibility of truth that does not correspond with X you imply, "It can't be true because it doesn't support X." That is circular. It's like the Scotsman defense.