Katherine:

My guess is no, at least not from the Untied States. However, if Kerry goes through with his appeasement of Iran, I would expect a strike an Israeli strike against the Iranian nuclear program in shortly after Kerry takes office. That will be Sharon’s welcome present to the virulently anti-Israel [if not anti-Semitic] Richard Holbrooke.

Here from “Best of the Web/Boston Globe” is Richard Holbrooke in action…

“I’m not here to criticize President Bush,” Holbrooke, a former United Nations ambassador, told hundreds of members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, a major pro-Israel lobbying group, gathered for their annual summit. “His support for Israel is, in my mind, unquestionable.”

The crowd–to Holbrooke’s chagrin–offered rousing applause. “That was not,” he said wryly, “supposed to be an applause line.”

A little bit of reveal preference here. He thinks Bush’s support for Israel is a bad thing.

I guess he expect to force Israel to accept some enforced Ramboulllet-like deal on Israel. Somebody should tell him that the Israelis have nuclear weapons and may be in a better position to fight back then the Serbs. [Just engaging in some blog oriented hyperbole here.]