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Neither country wishes a war with militarily superior Israel (Syria's saber rattling notwithstanding) cirque du soleil dvd . If every Hezbollah missile into Israel produced Israeli retaliation against Syria, and possibly Iran (including its nuclear production sites), Syria and Iran would be forced to make Hezbollah stop Obviously, this is a last-ditch option circus du soleil . It would escalate the conflict and increase international pressure on Israel to desist. All of Israel's strategic choices are bad or ineffective or undesirable cirque soliel Cirque Du Soleil . And yet this last option would be the most likely to reestablish the deterrence critical to Israel's long-term survival -- and to peace in the region -- by demonstrating Israel's enduring power to compel an end of attacks circ du soleil . And it might prevent still more massive devastation of Lebanon. Make no mistake: Israel is fighting for its life. It faces a historically new kind of fanatical foe, political Islam, which combines three characteristics: a political-religious ideology calling for its enemies' annihilation; indifference to, even the celebration of, its own people's death (because martyrs are rewarded with a place in heaven); and virtually unstoppable technology (missiles) and techniques (suicide bombing) of terror. The political Islamists are emboldened by their newfound power.

As Nasrallah has boasted, "When were 2 million Israelis forced to become displaced, or to stay in bomb shelters for more than 18 days?" And the danger will escalate a thousandfold if Iran, the epicenter of political Islam and Hezbollah's master, achieves its own invulnerability with nuclear weapons, so that it too can launch rocket and other attacks against its many targets le cirque du soleil . Iran's former president and current power broker, Hashemi Rafsanjani, spoke candidly in 2001: "The use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy everything," he said, although it would harm the Islamic world cirque solei . "It is not irrational," he went on, "to contemplate such an eventuality. Cirque Du Soleil tickets "A nuclear Iran, sharing Hezbollah's and Hamas' enmity for Israel's very existence, is a foe with a million times the wealth and destructive might to found, fund and supply many more Hezbollahs against many more enemies, including the hated West Cirque Du Soleil - cirquedusoleil . Israel's political Islamic enemies are studying and rejoicing over the new geostrategic situation cirquedusoleil. These totalitarians' ultimate targets -- all "infidels," especially here and in Europe -- should study it as well, be sobered and realize that Israel, in fighting this war in its self-defense, to reestablish a geostrategic balance, and for its long-term survival, is ultimately fighting for them as well. circle du soleil . UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT his own dismal campaign may have cost him the presidency, Mexico's sore loser, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is threatening to bring the country to a standstill. He repeated his call for a civil disobedience campaign in the aftermath of Saturday's preliminary decision by the nation's Federal Electoral Tribunal to review only 9% of ballots cast in the July 2 election. Lopez Obrador, who lost by less than 1% of the vote to conservative Felipe Calderon, has demanded a full recount of all ballots, but the tribunal for now will be looking at polling places where affidavits suggest a possible error.

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The tribunal could still call for a broader review, but Mexican law is wary of full recounts lest the election-day work of those conscripted ballot-counting citizens be undermined. Even some within his party, including influential Michoacan Gov cirque du soleil kooza . Lazaro Cardenas (grandson of the nation's iconic populist president and son of the PRD's founder), are suggesting that Lopez Obrador's tantrums are going too far kooza . And 15 of 17 PRI governors, who saw their presidential candidate come in third place, have echoed the assessment of international monitors who called the election exceptionally clean. For their part, the two-thirds of Mexicans who did not vote for Lopez Obrador in July must be feeling a lot better about their decision with each passing day circus solei . Trouble is, even if Lopez Obrador only convinces a fraction of those who voted for him that he is the victim of a rapacious fraud, he can still do the country a great deal of harm. cirque du soeil . Quickest way to the top right now in the Bowl Championship Series: don't play anybody. Sit tight and let the standings come to you. Take a water break. Yes, Ohio State is getting hammered for claiming No. 1 after beating the likes of Youngstown State, Akron and Kent State -- but at least those are real teams. Yes, Kansas moved up four BCS spots to No Cirque Du Soleil - cirquedusoleil . 9 after a win at Colorado, as if that's never been done before, but at least the Kansas victories involved footballs and chin straps and trainers. But here's how wacky this season already is:Arizona State did not play Saturday but got four merit-raises to advance to No.