27,000
Some 600 people have been killed by Palestinian terrorists' bombings in Israel this year. That's approximately one in 10,000 people in Israel. Per capita, that's the equivalent of the Islamikazes killing 27,000 people in the United States in a series of attacks - roughly nine World Trade Center attacks.

Oddly, we urge Israel to show "restraint" in responding to such attacks. Would we show "restraint" if, say, crazed Canadians were crossing our border and blowing themselves up, killing 27,000 Americans in the first eight months of this year. Of course not! Such "restraint" only invites more attacks.

Neither should Israel show restraint. They are under attack by the same Islamicist foe that destroyed the World Trade Center. We're all at war now, with a fanatical foe that wants nothing less than our total destruction. Wars are not won by restraint, and peace is not achieved by negotiating with fanatical killers. The Islamikazes and their support network - in Gaza, Jenin, Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia must be destroyed at all cost. Terrorists can't kill Israelis - or us - if they're dead.