Kesher Talk

Possession is still nine-tenths of the law: Robert Locke writes on FrontPage Magazine that "Israel was founded upon conquest, a bald fact that no verbal manipulation of history can disguise. Let’s just admit it. So was the United States. So were most nations. It is time, that is, to squarely confront the ancient and time-honored political doctrine of the right of conquest."

Why terror? Jack Beatty answers in Atlantic Unbound that "The autocratic regimes of Saudi Arabia and Egypt distract their citizens from repression at home by directing their anger toward the U.S." He concludes that the most important targets in the war on terror are the dictatorships in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

posted by Howard @ 1/23/2002 12:02:23 PM