Israel is a country which has witnessed larger nation states and the United Nations not adequately protecting its frontiers. boundaries. or borders. and not effectively even enforcing the rule of law. So what the Israelis are saying today Is this: "It is time we came to grips with these hard. knotty problems. It is time for the major powers. if they want peace. to help settle the boundary problems. the Arab refugee problems. the economic problems." In the long run. what the representatives of Israel are doing may be of service to the cause of peace. because they are no longer going to let us avoid making decisions. they are no longer going to let us look at the world through rosetinted glasses and say that all is well. and. when it is not well. simply ignore it. We have had a propensity of late to avoid. ignore. or shunt aside anything that did not make us feel happy. The administration has been addicted to political tranquilizers. "happy" pills.