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A Final Comment
On March 4, Haaretz writer Gideon Levy took aim at Israel's inordinate power to influence US policy, saying:
On March 5, "an elephant and an ant" met in Washington. "But wait," he asked? Who's the dominant power, and who's the patron?
"A new chapter is being written in the history of nations. Never before has a small country dictated to a superpower; never before has the chirp of the cricket sounded like a roar; never has the elephant resembled the ant - and vice versa.""No Roman province dared tell Julius Caesar what to do, no tribe ever dreamed of forcing Genghis Khan to act in accordance with its own tribal interests. Only Israel does this. On Monday, when Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the White House, it will be hard to tell which one is the real leader of the world."
Israel teaches size doesn't matter. One day going along will go too far. Iran's a red line not to be crossed.
Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade" comes to mind, saying:
"Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred." In the bloody 19th century Crimean War, few returned.
When policy becomes insanity, the cost exceeds what any responsible leader should pay. The potential one today is survival if Iran's attacked, especially with nuclear weapons, whether or not other world powers get involved.
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