korea part of the axis of evil. since then they have been steadily progressing in fairness under both administration toward having a nuclear capability that threaten even the shore of the united states. so now we have a rocket, that can launch a satellite, lon long-term. across okinawa to water of the philippines. not a big step from that to go to a long range missile with a nuclear warhead on it. that is clearly where they are heading. a big channel right now for u.n. ambassador susan rice in particular. but also president obama. because the action will be at the u.n. are you going to get tougher sanctions? iran has tougher sanctions on it now than does north korea. to get tougher sanctions you need china on board, not just to get through the security council but china in north
believe, as prime minister. for all the talk of how militaristic he is, he never presideed over a war. he used a lot of force and he made clear his demands are reasonable. he has held off, which is obviously wise and desirable on the use of the ground troops. one hopes they don t have to go in. he may end up in a situation where the u.s. supported israel, where there is unity in israel. relatively speaking. where the arab and the muslim street haven t risen up. what is the big channel? iran. so, i think it s possible. this is the optimistic view but i mostly believe it. it s quite possible that netanyahu is more strongly positioned to deal with iran at the enof this conflict than ten days ago. i call that wildly optimistic. i think hamas has not lost anything. in effect it will come out of these negotiations gained something. we have don t know what it is now. it did this with utter impunity. that in and of itself is a victory. i just think that the arab street is still up. when yo