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The Irish Independent is very pro-European, but this is a reprint of a Daily Telegraph article.

I'm all for letting the Mossad take a bigger role in the international terror war. If it pisses off some Arab nations, it's because some Arab nations need pissing off.

[epluribus_2]

When, oh when, will the U.S. armed forces declare Al-Jazeera a hostile combatant since it is effectively part of the command and control structure of Al-Qaeda??? What happened to "With Us or With the Terrorists"? I think we need to give them an ultimatum - broadcast any more AQ propaganda, i.e. terror orders/instructions and they will never broadcast again.

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I'm all for letting the Mossad take a bigger role in the international terror war.

The Mossad and the Israelis will do what they need to do, and do it very effectively. But it's worth remembering that their goals in their war on terrorism are not the same as America's....their membership list of "axis of evil" nations (aside from Iraq) is different than ours, or at least it is at this time.

[Cicero]

I'm all for letting the Mossad take a bigger role in the international terror war. If it pisses off some Arab nations, it's because some Arab nations need pissing off.

I couldn't agree more. Every Imam, political leader, and media outlet in the middle east is currently preaching that the U.S. and Israel are working hand-in-hand and that both must be defeated and sent to hell. So a little cooperation with Israel could hardly make matters worse.

In fact, as long as the Arabs think they can get their way by scaring the US into holding back, and pressuring Israel to restrain its counterattacks, the more likely they are to tell their followers that the US and Israel are evil allies. If it works, they will keep doing it. A few lies never bothered them yet. So what do we have to lose by actually working together, which they accuse us of anyway?