Even democratic bodies are not immune to this danger.

A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

But it did not remove America's vulnerability to terrorism.

and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.

Also he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars

Also he built Beth horon the upper, and Beth horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars

However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.

For you have made a city into a heap, a fortified city into a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city. It will never be built.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces and Judah has multiplied fortified cities but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

For thou hast made of a city an heap of a defenced city a ruin a palace of strangers to be no city it shall never be built.

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

He built fortified cities in Judah for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

And he built fenced cities in Judah for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years because the LORD had given him rest.

Their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.

For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.

For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

The assumption that young people's health is indestructible is a misconception that not only delays, but in many cases hinders, the establishment of preventive health programmes.

The first reflex of the fundamentalists is to withdraw from the mainstream, to build around themselves a shell that is impervious to any logic other than their own.

They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Other neighbors would also pay a price should the Taliban s seemingly invariable return turn bloody, however immune they believe they are.

David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

The US is more powerful than any country since the Roman Empire, but like Rome, America is neither invincible nor invulnerable.

Its leaders must understand that, even though independence may sometimes seem like a logical scenario, Taiwan is a small, vulnerable island, and China an emerging superpower.

Syria is particularly vulnerable in this regard, as extremists incite violence against minority religious groups by using, for example, television stations in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

America s remarkable investment of resources in this outcome made both countries stable, peaceful democracies, thereby eliminating them as adversaries and turning them into vital bulwarks against the next harbinger of a negative watershed, the Soviet Union.

Given that authorities in China are not immune to corruption, many believe that the law, rather than protecting juveniles and helping them correct their behavior, has provided a grey area for police to take bribes from the wealthy family members of bullies to escape criminal liability.

And yet the US did not preemptively attack Soviet missile sites, which were relatively vulnerable, because the risk that even one or two of the Soviet missiles would be fired at an American city was enough to deter a first strike.

The four week war in Iraq was a dazzling display of America's hard military power that removed a vicious tyrant. But it did not remove America's vulnerability to terrorism.

The truth about AIPAC that it is influential, but far from invulnerable has recently been revealed, both to the public and to the group itself. Having been pushed by Netanyahu into an unwinnable fight against US President Barack Obama s administration over its nuclear deal with Iran, AIPAC is now crumbling under the weight of its own hubris.