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September 1, 2006 - 6:26 PM by Sarah

Venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg, with a message for the media:

I think it is important to stress to investors and the press that Israel is a remarkably resilient country and that we much prefer to research the cure to cancer or create the next great internet company or mobile phone application rather than go to war. However, we do not have that luxury since our enemies, their war-mongering leaders and backwards societies, are intent on destroying our country and people. While we would love to beat our swords into the proverbial ploughshares, we cannot yet do that. We have made our dessert bloom but while the Arab’s desserts still flow with oil, they have not developed their economy or technology. This war was foist upon us but the country is united in its resolve to win it for the long term. That is what I have been telling reporters and others who have called over the last month.

I have developed a saying to express this theme: “Unfortunately, sometimes we need to put down our microscopes and pick up our machine guns.”

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