Mahmoud Ahmadinejad purports to know: Israel, he reiterated for the umpteenth time last week, is 'too weak' to strike militarily at Iran, and 'lacks the courage' to intervene decisively to thwart Teheran’s steady progress toward the nuclear bomb.
The Iranian president is mistaken. Neither weak nor lacking in courage, Israel is, rather, temperate, humane and pragmatic. It is also, above all, resolute on the matter of its survival."
