Veronica Calley wrote, a propos Omar's rhetorical expectation of "legality and fairness" from the US: Is it possible that US has been ok with Israel having nuclear weapons because there are about 6 million Israelis surrounded by several hundred million hostile Arabs? I don't know, just asking. ***** Is it possible that "legality and fairness" is getting equated with the US "being OK with" something, anything, whatever? Don't know, just asking. But it seems like something the rest of us out here (there?) need to know. Alok Rai University of Delhi Delhi, India ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html