Kendall: surely you jest. (not about Barry Goldwater) If the United States abandoned Israel there would not be a Jew left in the Middle East. Saddam, with the help of Iran, Syria, Pakastan, Afghanstan and other Arab countries would wipe out Israel without a fare-thee-well.

I think that, however, has less to do with the current situation than the fact (if you believe what bid Laden has written) that the goal of the terriorists is to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States. I for one do not want them to succeed.

DougR