Even in the moral quagmire of the theory of the just war, I find it difficult to accept the concept of the pre-emptive strike and the domino effect of wondering if it is Saddam this week, who will it be next week? The idea that a pair of countries can decide who poses risks to them and the world and then deal with this is difficult to sustain in any decent society. The world will increasingly face problems from terrorism and every American may become a target. To deal with this, the world powers will have to come to grips with the Israeli-Palestinian question, the running sore that incubates other animosities. The road map to peace must be more than a temporary fig leaf; it must be something to which people are committed.