Even with Mr Wan, and a growing number of his associates, for the moment behind bars, it may bewishful thinking to assume that the gangland violence that has racked Macau will come to a tidy end.
The guiding consideration for the Senate as it considers whether to ratify the CWC should not bewishful thinking about how wonderful the world would be if only we could rid it of chemical weapons.
If such a reappraisal is performed without illusions and on the basis of the actual international and regional conditions (as opposed to wishful thinking about the way things might or "should" be), it could create a basis for a far more harmonious U.S.-Israeli relationship and improve the prospects for preserving the peace in the ever volatile Middle East.