UNLESS, OF COURSE: This is true, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. It even gives us reason to hope for that most hopeless of people, the French. Thus:
On not reflexively hating Israel vis-a-vis the Arabs:
"'The Iranians tell us they're only doing what we did 50 years ago,' said one French official, adding, 'and what you Israelis did, with a bit of help from us. That may be true, but global politics is not based on absolute justice and equality, and even if Sharon has a bomb, that's nonetheless less worrisome than if [Iranian President Mohammed] Khatami has one.'"
And, on Pres. Bush's first-strike policy:
"If we know that Libya is going to launch a missile at Marseilles, we won't wait until [Libyan leader Moammar] Gadhafi pushes the button, but why say so ahead of time?"
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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