Will * respond to Israel detaining DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED officials

officials from the Bush administration. It's the only solution. I'd hate to lose all those Republicans should anything go wrong, but I'm willing to risk it for ME Peace.

Anyone else?

TC

Because in typical fashion, they didn't see them coming (unlike anyone who's spend more than a week studying the geopolitical factors in the middle east that don't start with O, end with L, and have three letters total). And now that's a real sticking point because it is a foreshadow of what Iraq can and likely will become. And it's proof that terrorism and democracy aren't mutually exclusive terms, aren't opposites at all.

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