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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (162060)	5/14/2005 11:42:03 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

This is nonsense Nadine. Obviously he was referring to Israel. But the fact remains that he did not say Israel would be wiped out or destroyed or anything like that. He said there would be a stalemate. You are stretching the argument on "acceptable losses". Acceptable to whom? I doubt it will be acceptable to the country who will be on the receiving end of Israeli nukes. This reminds me of the story of mice who thought of tying a bell around the cat's neck. Excellent idea, except that no mouse was willing to implement it. Since we are on the topic of relations with Iran, and since you are a fan of IPS, you should check their archives over the past week. The political prisoner who was released was significant news. Not just because it showed that even former hostage takers are pushing for relations with US, but because the formal charge had been pushing relations with "enemies of the state". However the appeals court's ruling (the exact sentence escapes me) was worded such that it implied US is NOT the enemy and thus there was no crime. I take such actions a lot more seriously than propagandist slogans on parades.