There are people who try to force others into playing their own games. The second party usually does not want to cooperate, but he may have no choice.

This game is very different from, say, baseball. Baseball has two teams, and each one is usually interested in playing. Even more dangerous games such as football, boxing, or boxing have two willing players.

However, some games – even deadly games – do not follow these rules.

Take the Israel-Arab conflict, for example. You may read in the paper about an attack in which "only" two Israelis were killed. The score is now 50 Arabs to 40 Israelis. It looks like the Israelis are winning this game, right?

However, we aren't winning. Forty Israelis were killed and others were injured. Homes were destroyed, and the game was played in the most ugly possible manner.

Those who gleefully proclaim that Israel is winning are wrong. Israel is losing the game. We were forced to play an Arab game. The fact that the arabs lost more is small comfort and of no interest to the families of those who died. This game is not at all palatable, desirable, needed, or wanted.