It is not to say we are completely defenseless, because the Israelis have shown you can counter suicide bombings. But shouldn't have unrealistic expectations that you can prevent all attacks,

They are the terrorists' trump card -- and our Achilles' heel.

We may actually have 24 or 25 guys when it's all said and done,

That's the attraction of these targets. Everybody has to use them to get to work on a daily basis, even in Israel,

It is exactly the strategy of the terrorists to create a vacuum of disorder and lawlessness, and the way to do that is to attempt to eliminate precisely the dedicated civil servants like the prime minister, the president and the senior members of the interim government.

We still have difficulty imagining women as killers rather than as mothers,