The Wall Street Journal
Legions of senior American officials have descended on Jerusalem recently, but the most important of them has been Defense Secretary Robert Gates. His central objective was to dissuade Israel from carrying out military strikes against Irans nuclear weapons facilities. Under the guise of counseling patience, Mr. Gates again conveyed President
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