The stakes are bound to be higher this time
The American president is, in effect, aping the Israeli pre-emptive strategy of yesteryear that was condemned by another American administration and all members of the Security Council. Be it in Iraq or Palestine, Bush has unwittingly allowed the current Israeli leader, to borrow a line from a recent Washington Post editorial, to "push (him) around." But this time around the stakes are bound to be much higher.
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