Israel Changes Its Role in Mideast Script - Amotz Asa-El

Back in the 1930s, most Europeans remained deaf to warnings that Hitler was after them, preferring to delude themselves he was "merely" after the Jews. When Europe understood...that the Jews were merely Fascism's warm-up act, it was too late. Today a very clever Islamism is also telling Europe it merely wants the Jews, and, unfortunately, many Europeans still respond with the same moral understanding and political appeasement that only a few decades ago set their continent ablaze.

But the Jews - that stiff-necked lot - are no longer prepared to play their part in the script: They fight.

(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)