Passengers evacuated 'just in time' before Israel bus bomb

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1. Israel has been finding its public support in the USA ebbing.

One of the reasons for this is that the Muslim population is the USA is growing very fast, and ten years ago few of us knew any Muslims. Now we do, and we can see that they're people too, and they don't deserve the demonization they have been suffering in this country my entire life.

So when I hear about this bus bombing, I ask myself: If I were Mossad and charged with trying to reverse the trend of poor regard for Israel's actions, what would I do? Well, given that so many Americans are so emotional about the Holy Land, an attack on civilians would be very effective propaganda to increase sympathy for Israel. The bloodier the better. (The slaughter of the innocents and all that.) The Mossad would be tempted. But highers up with hearts would say "a miss is as good as a mile". They'd plant a bomb on a bus and ensure that someone detects it before it goes off. That's almost as effective.

Now if I were Palestinian and I wanted to hurt Israel, the LAST thing I would do is bomb a bus during the Christmas season. Totally counterproductive.

Cui bono?