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The message sent by Israel would be, "We'll do as we wish until you hit us with massive terrorist attacks, then we'll do as you wish."

The time to end mistreatment of Palestinians was before the attacks. Now the two undesirable choices are to knuckle under to the terrorists or retaliate massively. It's a lose-lose.

'Twas ever thus. The time to forestall the rise of a militant anti-American Islamist regime in Iran was before the U.S. installed the Shah and supported him as he cruelly oppressed his people. The time to forestall a Communist dictatorship in Cuba was before the oligarchs and the Mafia ran the country for their own benefit. And so on.