Meanwhile, it does not take a von Clausewitz or a Sun Tzu to figure out, militarily and also politically, that it would be the worst kind of madness to isolate America in this difficult, poisonous struggle.
The idea of thrusting America into two wars at once and eviscerating the support it needs in the region is not some mischievous theoretical game. It is a deadly, real-life game, and "its players should certainly know better."
"its players should certainly know better."
There persists amongst a certain crowd a determined effort to ignore all the sins of the Arabs and find only the Jews guilty of all evil.