Christmas this year seems more the occasion of religious war than of the peace to which the greeting cards routinely allude.
Peace talks, such as the "five-plus-one" talks seeking reconciliation with Iran to eliminate the threat of war from or against that country, are the subject of sectarian and political attack inside the U.S. Congress and in Israel.
Who wants peace if you can have the rewarding destruction of a rival?
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