[volchef]

True, however, why does he find it necessary to mention Afghanistan? Maybe he's trying to make a little stab at Bush because of his perceived lack of support for israel as of late. I don't know, it just bothered me. My in laws are staunch Jewish liberals from New York. To them it doesn't matter how many conservatives are on their side about this they'd just as soon vote for Yasser Arafat than a Republican I'm sorry to say. Hope you're right that others are changing their minds.

[VOA]

Hope you're right that others are changing their minds.

Well, it's too early to tell, but I think I heard one political prognosticator
saying that if the Dubya-Gore election was held today, Dubya would get 40% of the
Jewish vote, not the 20% he tallied in Nov. 2000.

We'll see soon enough!

[monkeyshine]

It's not really a stab at the Bush administration, but an admission that Israel should be a light unto the nations. It would be easy for Israel to bomb PA areas like the USA did to Afghanistan or NATO to Yugoslavia (killing 2000+). But they didn't. They acted forthrightly by risking and giving their own lives to shut down the terror machine in Jenin and minimize innocent loss of life. I think it was a truly honorable way to do it...