While the US is occupied with a financial meltdown, other nations will take advantage of this distraction to do things that otherwise would bring an international outcry.
* North Korea has already done a 180 turnaround on its prior commitment and will
re-start the Yongbyon nuclear reactor.
* Look for Russia to solidify its position in Georgia.
* I also expect China and Pakistan to make some changes will the world's attention is elsewhere.
Meanwhile back in
Israel, the radical rightwing settlers are
attempting to assassinate professors and offering cash rewards for the death of Peace Now members:
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YITZHAR, West Bank — A pipe bomb that exploded late on Wednesday night outside the Jerusalem home of Zeev Sternhell, a Hebrew University professor, left him lightly wounded and created only a minor stir in a nation that routinely experiences violence on a much larger scale.
But Mr. Sternhell was noted for his impassioned critiques of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, once suggesting that Palestinians “would be wise to concentrate their struggle against the settlements.” And the authorities found fliers near his home offering nearly $300,000 to anyone who kills a member of Peace Now, a left-wing Israeli advocacy group, leading them to suspect that militant Israeli settlers or their supporters were behind the attack.
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