Not to downplay the seriousness of the situation, but when I first glanced at the title of this clip in the "related clips" list, I misread "rabbis" as "rabbits". That gave me an odd thought: maybe what we need in a situation like this is Bugs Bunny diplomacy. Consider this - he never took action until he was seriously offended; his retaliation was based more on shaming his enemy than overpowering him; the punishment fit the crime.

I was a parochial grade school kid when they had the Seven Day War back in the '60s, and we all rooted for Israel because they were biblical hero figures of a sort and perceived as an underdog, but back then we were unaware of both the politics involved and the...

Not to downplay the seriousness of the situation, but when I first glanced at the title of this clip in the "related clips" list, I misread "rabbis" as "rabbits". That gave me an odd thought: maybe what we need in a situation like this is Bugs Bunny diplomacy. Consider this - he never took action until he was seriously offended; his retaliation was based more on shaming his enemy than overpowering him; the punishment fit the crime.

I was a parochial grade school kid when they had the Seven Day War back in the '60s, and we all rooted for Israel because they were biblical hero figures of a sort and perceived as an underdog, but back then we were unaware of both the politics involved and the degree of US subsidy and entanglement. In later years I've come to see Israel more as a tail wagging the US diplomatic dog.