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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (152250)	11/21/2004 5:38:54 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Israel is not done a thing against Iran, apart from a) exist (its chief offense) and b) let it be known that it would defend itself against Iranian attack. The crazy ayatollahs may feel that "Iran's back is against the wall" but little Israel hardly did the pushing, unless you a crazy Islamist who feels its an intolerable insult to have a Jewish state exist at all. Which by some strange conincidence is just how the mullahs do feel. Israel's offense is its existence, not its actions. Are you expecting the Iranians to moderate and become a peace-lovin' burger-eatin' people overnight, too? Funny, I think the Iranian people are pretty moderate, both by tradition and because they hate the crazy mullahs who are ruling them. No matter how wrong the attacks on Israel through non-state actors have been, you have another people who feel equally wronged, and now, their backs are being pushed -- very hard -- against the wall. The Iranian people don't feel pushed against the wall by anything except their own government. The mad mullahs, that's another story. They need scapegoats. If Israel didn't exist, most of the autocrats of the Middle East would have to find a substitute right quick.