Sunday, May 27, 2007

Deja Vu For The One Bomb State

But something more needs to be remembered from that history. We must ask ourselves why Nasser led the Arabs into that disaster. The answer is obvious: because it did not look like it would be a disaster. He perceived weakness in the Israeli leadership, and disunity in the West. He thought the moment had come when Israel actually could be annihilated.

That is the position of President Ahmadinejad and the Iranian leadership today. And the rhetoric is again echoed, far beyond Iran’s frontiers. Hezbollah and Hamas grow more confident. The Israeli leadership is weak; the West is disunited. And Israel’s enemies know they need only win once.