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Libya's Qadaffi, or the Syria-Hezbollah-Iran alliance? Common sense insists that the most urgent and dangerous threat be dealt with and nullified first in terms of priority.A hypothetical example simplified and made easy to understand:"Suppose you are standing at he end of a 100 yard field. At the opposite end of the field you notice two evil monsters that want to harm you. One of these monsters is holding a knife, the other monster has a loaded gun pointed directly at you."The evil monster with the knife has to take time to cross a field 100 yards long to do you harm. The monster with the...