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We Cannot Have That Relationship If We Only Dictate Or Threaten And Condemn Those Who Disagree.

The Israelis Have A Lot Of Influence With Congress, And In Some Cases They Are Able To Buy Influence.

The Israelis Have Taken A Lot Of Security Measures Which Reduce Significantly The Ability Of Iran To Inflict Truly Severe Pain In Israel. But America Is Vulnerable With 100,000 Troops In Iraq And More Than Half Of That In Afghanistan, And We Depend Heavily On Access To Middle Eastern Oil. We're Sitting Targets For Debilitating Iranian Retaliation.

A Great Deal Of World Politics Is A Fundamental Struggle, But It Is Also A Struggle That Has To Be Waged Intelligently.

We Didn't Push The Russians To Intervene, But We Knowingly Increased The Probability That They Would.