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Ex-president Bill Clinton urged Israelis over the weekend not to overreact to comments by newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recommending that Israel be "wiped off the map." Speaking at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Saturday, Clinton acknowledged that the remark was "outrageous," but he cautioned that the Iranian leader was "not elected because of his hatred for Israel or the West." "He was elected because of the economic distress of ordinary Iranians, and which he promised to relieve by giving them financial assistance," Clinton explained, according to the Jerusalem Post. He warned Israel not to act unilaterally...

Quick! What's the difference between Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter? That's a trick question, of course. There are actually a few differences. Carter was governor of a more important State. Clinton committed adultery in the White House, Carter just in his heart. As President, it took Carter weeks to become a national laughingstock. Clinton managed before even taking office. Carter's fantasy was a killer rabbit in the wild, Clinton's was the attentions of Monica under the Oval Office desk. Carter surrounded himself with a "Georgia Mafia" whose failings were the same as his own. Clinton surrounded himself with a group...