Yes, it's me, the "dickhead" who doesn't like having his friends and family under ceaseless threat of attack. May I suggest that we confine our discussion to the real world rather than the politicaly correct Utopia that my critics would have us believe in. In the real world, religious fanatics are not interested in peaceful solutions, compromize or tolerance. In the real world, the true enemies of peace can, and do, wage their war on everyone, everywhere. They are equal oppotunity offenders. They wage a Jihad and they are ruthless and fearless. They are still fighting the war from 1948, to them, that war will end with the destruction of the Jewish state or it will not end. They have no country of their own to accept retaliation. They launch their attacks from bases in areas that are either supportive of them or too frightened of them. Retaliatory strikes in Afghanastan, Iraq or Gaza may be a less than ideal response but it is the best available strategy.

If I have offended with my "nazi" remarks, I can but hope that you will understand my frustration and disappointment at the apparent disregard for Jewish lives that stands out like a sore swatztika. While we're on the subject, when did Jews become ineligable for minority status sympathy? The Jews are, after all, a minority in their region. They have, successfully, staved off extinction in the face of astounding adversity. Gee, it seems like only yesterday that we were the victims. Now, we're the big, bad Jews. Where did we go right? Do you think that, just maybe, the sympathy of the left shifted to the Arab side right around the time that the Soviet Union began supplying the UAR with planes, arms and advisors? Before that era of Realpolitik, we were a bunch of cute Kibbutzniks dancing the hora. Well, it's something to think about, isn't it?

Mike Miller