It's not about mourning a loss, it's about regretting complete and utter stupidity.
The US and Israel are interlocked in a continuous group hug. That's how it works. If Bush didn't have public opinion to worry about he'd have greenlighted the mass deportation or assassination of the Palestinian people (whichever works out as most convenient) ages ago, which clearly is really what Sharon and those like him would prefer. I mean, who cares if some potential Al-Qaeda supporters die, right?
The voice of sanity is drowned in the cries for revenge.
You could go all psychological about this and mumble something about projecting past experiences and taking frustrations out on innocent people, but I can't imagine that going anywhere so never mind.
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