Yes, but that's your emotional predisposition, Peace. You see Israel as "good" and its opponents as "bad". Iranians have the exact opposite emotional predisposition. That's why you would find it hard to understand where they're coming from...and vice versa. You think they're crazy. They would think you are crazy.

I think they're all a bit crazy. I don't trust anyone who is willing and ready to attack someone else, and says so plainly. It's a civil crime to utter death threats, and it should be seen as a national crime as well. (This would make Bush a criminal too, which he is, in fact.)

Accordingly, I would be inclined to trust neither Israel nor Israel's enemies with deadly weapons. They have both proven unworthy of such trust many times now.

And if I somehow had the power...as a world authority WITH that kind of power...I would completely disarm ALL of them from this day forward...and I would interpose neutral forces between them, as was done in Cyprus.

But no one has that power. Or at least...no one has the unity or the will to enforce it. It's really just the Wild West out there, and he with the most hired guns rules the range.