From Liberia to the Congo, the predicament of the African continent today demands that the press act not only as a watchdog, but as a goad.

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad and he also delivered Israel.

And, even as the US and its allies attempt to restrain Iran, its regime continues to goad Israel, calling for its extinction and exporting military wares to its Lebanese and Gazan adversaries.

And, like past insurgencies, the Iraq conflict is one in which the insurgents use horrific acts to intimidate the public, expose the shortcomings of the government, and goad the regime into overreactions that might turn the public against it.

The result of all these efforts has been to slow, but not halt, Iran s nuclear progress. And, even as the US and its allies attempt to restrain Iran, its regime continues to goad Israel, calling for its extinction and exporting military wares to its Lebanese and Gazan adversaries.