On the heels of failed efforts to build Congressional support for a strike on Syria, it might dawn on an Israeli prime minister that Israel's influence in Congress is not what it once was.
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said Congress should vote against a strike on Syria unless it receives convincing assurance that the U.S. will not be drawn into an all-out military conflict there.
"With these strikes, we must monitor and lie in wait and seize any opportunity to land a large strike on it, even if it takes years of patience for this," he said, citing April's attack at the Boston Marathon.
Senior House Republican aides said there was little appetite in conservative districts for a strike on Syria, and, as one put it, "the administration doesn't have one red cent of credibility in the bank" with members of Congress.
Jamaat, a key member of the 18-party alliance opposition led by BNP, also called a strike on Tuesday, adding that it believed the verdict to be "politically-motivated".
Under Saskatchewan law, the union can call a strike on 48 hours notice, although it is continuing talks with the company.
It was a strike, on the outside corner, but you can't blame the umpire for that.
We were sure at first that it was a strike on Tel Aviv and the sirens just didn't go off," said Tomer Simon, whose office overlooks the scene.
Some in Mr. Abe's party have already been calling for strengthening Japan's military capabilities by developing or buying from the United States cruise missiles or other weapons that could be used to launch a strike on a North Korean missile before it was launched.
It said a strike on Thursday, over pensions, would worsen the situation.
