it seems clear to me that bush and sharon want a world war.



sharon, spineless coward that he is in person, would not have dared assassinate ahmed yassin without receiving the go-ahead from the u.s.



assassinating yassin will exacerbate the situation in palestine, it will lead to more palestinians wanting to kill israelis, which in turn will lead to an even more brutal response by the israelis. all of this will lead to someone, somewhere deciding that enough is enough and nuking an israeli city.



bush and sharon will then have exactly what they want: israel will launch an all-out nuclear strike against palestine, pakistan or another islamic country with nukes will retaliate, the u.s. will retaliate against pakistan etc and the rest of us will fry.