CarolC - Don't mean to speak for Jed Marum (with whom I believe I agree as to the root cause of terrorism), but I think his point was that there is no help for the Israel/Palestine situation. One party or the other will be destroyed before they accpet peace with each other.

So, in that sense, the war in Iraq is irrelevant to solving Israel/Palestine. Unless it's the first step in destroying/pacifying the whole Arab world (yikes, they can't possibly intend that can they?)