(Two weeks later, Iran's conservative-led parliament passed a resolution demanding "retaliation" by Iran's government in the event of any coercive inspections of Iranian ships by foreign navies).
While furious US senators were demanding retaliation against cut-price Chinese exports last week, the latest news from Beijing suggested they should be careful what they wish for.
In Serbia, Milošević condemned the Croatian attack, but the Milošević-influenced press also denounced the leadership of the RSK as being incompetent, while the most extreme politicians, including Vojislav Šešelj, demanded retaliation against Croatia.
"Fending off the crowds who demand revenge and retaliation and insist on a human bombing operation — that becomes our biggest problem!" Hamas and Islamic Jihad recruit youths for potential leadership positions in the organizations, but their military wings rely on volunteers for martyrdom operations.
But even should this happen, the crisis (and Americans' understandable demand for retaliation) will be more containable if the United States and Europe have settled their own differences and formed a common, less generalised, approach to Iran and if Iran's new president has clearly signalled that he is prepared to listen to and act on the West's concerns.
It allots a clear and defensible function to punishment (social defense) without yielding to atavistic demands for retaliation or to illusory deontological demands for pure retributive justice, and without pretending that the punishments it metes out are "deserved" in any fundamental sense.
In Washington, President Roosevelt Mr. Voightt) demands immediate retaliation, ushering in a longish third section of movie.
Military pressure and possible military strikes on Afghanistan would not just assuage Americans' demands for retaliation, but might help to deter some governments from further aid to Mr bin Laden's group or others bent on terrorism.
The new support for Mr. Sharon came as Gaza's streets resounded with demands for retaliation against Israel, after an Israeli missile strike on Saturday killed Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the top leader in Gaza of the militant group Hamas.
"In this circumstance, if a major incident were to take place it would create a situation where the government would be under tremendous pressure," he said, adding that Mr. Advani would likely be among those demanding swift retaliation.
